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One Year Later: How Rx Partnership and Virginia’s Free Clinics Rebuilt Medication Access Together
One year ago, thousands of Virginians suddenly didn’t know where their next prescription would come from. Here’s how Rx Partnership and the network of free and charitable clinics we partner with worked together for a solution. In June 2025, the abrupt closure of Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic in Fredericksburg sent shockwaves through Virginia’s health…
Read MoreWhen Help Feels Out of Reach
Women across Virginia are facing growing mental health challenges — and for many patients, the biggest barrier isn’t diagnosis. It’s access to treatment. Maria* stopped sleeping after her husband died unexpectedly just before Christmas. Suddenly uninsured, in her forties, and supporting two teenage children on a convenience store salary in southwest Virginia, she found herself…
Read MoreSkyrocketing Drug Prices? How to Make Your Prescriptions More Affordable
We’re living in a time when 1 in 4 people in Virginia can’t afford their prescriptions. Many people with chronic health conditions are skipping doses, rationing their meds, or even going without. This puts their health and well-being at risk, often leading to worse— and more expensive— health outcomes. Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing. The news coverage…
Read MoreThe Power of Storytelling: Connecting People to Your Nonprofit’s Mission
By Alaina Wong-Canissario, Rx Partnership Communications Intern and VCU Robertson School of Communication Graduate Student — For nonprofits, telling the stories behind their mission – and empowering others to share these stories – has never been more important. There are many great causes locally, nationally, and even globally that need support. One way to…
Read MorePrescription Mail Delivery = Equitable Access to Healthcare
There are many reasons why a person could have difficulty picking up their medications at a pharmacy. Maybe they share a vehicle with other family members and lack consistent access to transportation. Maybe they live in a pharmacy desert where traveling 30 minutes to and from their nearest pharmacy is too burdensome. Maybe they’re immunocompromised and anxious about being exposed to illness. Or maybe they’re worried about…
Read MoreRx Partnership’s Impact in FY25
A Growing Crisis for Virginia – Virginia is heading into a period of rising health insecurity. Federal policy changes going into effect in 2026 are expected to increase the number of uninsured Virginians, and medication access is often the first and most dangerous gap when people lose coverage. When uninsured patients can’t afford prescriptions, chronic…
Read MoreThe Growth of Pharmacy Deserts & How Rx Partnership Can Help
Access to Pharmacy Services in Virginia – When the Virginia Joint Commission on Health Care provided their report to the Governor and General Assembly earlier this month titled “Access to Pharmacy Services in Virginia” the presentation sounded the alarm about the growing problem of “pharmacy deserts” but they didn’t just describe the problem—they pointed to a number of possible solutions, including Rx Partnership as one example of a smart, creative way to…
Read MoreClinics Helping Clinics: RxP Rebuilds Access to Medication
How has Rx Partnership built a stronger, more resilient Access to Medication Program (AMP) since the Moss Clinic closure? When Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic in Fredericksburg abruptly closed in June 2025, it dealt a significant blow to community health care. Thousands of patients served by clinics located throughout the Commonwealth suddenly lost a vital source of medication. The closure didn’t just affect Moss’s patients, but also devastated the network of other free clinics who relied on Moss’s pharmacy services through Rx…
Read MoreYour Vote, Your Health: Why Your Choice Matters for Medication Access
When Virginians head to the polls, will healthcare be top of mind? In just two weeks, Virginia will be electing a new governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. Additionally, all 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates are on the ballot. Early voting is well underway for the November general election, with more than…
Read MoreSinclair Health Clinic Becomes an AMP Pharmacy
What happens when a safety net suddenly tears? This past June, the abrupt closure of Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic in Fredericksburg left 13 Rx Partnership Access to Medication Program (AMP) clinics without a reliable pharmacy partner. For thousands of patients, the question was immediate and urgent: where will my medicine come from now?…
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