Tag: advocacy

The Future Of DIEP Flap: Ensuring Continued Access To Innovative Breast Reconstruction

VBCF joins the Community Breast Reconstruction Alliance (CBRA) to advocate for continued access to DIEP flap breast reconstruction amid insurance code changes, ensuring vital options for patients.

2021 General Assembly Session Begins

The 2021 Virginia General Assembly Session began on Wednesday, January 13th. This year’s “short session” is scheduled to last only 30 days, but recent reports suggest that Governor Northam may extend the session to 45 days. Due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, much of the work during the session will be done virtually. Given these…
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National Lobby Day 2020

VBCF volunteer advocates participated in the first-ever virtual National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) Lobby Day on June 16th. Traveling virtually to Capitol Hill was certainly a different way to connect with Virginia’s elected officials, but it was a great experience! Luckily, there were few technical glitches and the group met with several Representatives and their…
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2020 General Assembly Wrap-Up

Last weekend, the Virginia General Assembly wrapped up its work on legislation for the 2020 session. Legislators will convene later this week for a final budget session, and again in April for the Governor’s veto session.  We are happy to report that several of VBCF’s priority bills were passed this session!  The list includes: Ending…
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