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Hundreds of Healthcare Professionals Agree: Vote for Tom Perriello

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Hundreds of Healthcare Professionals Agree: Vote for Tom Perriello

Dear Readers,

As clinicians serving communities across Virginia’s Fifth District, we see the consequences of a broken healthcare system every day. Patients delay care because they can’t afford a copay. Insurance companies override clinical decisions. Rural families lose access to primary care and maternal health clinics.

Tom Perriello understands the importance of healthcare access and affordability to our patients. We encourage voters to support Tom Perriello.

Rep. McGuire voted to eliminate $1 trillion from Medicaid with his vote for H.R. 1 in July 2025. H.R. 1 was opposed by the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American Medical Association, and many other healthcare organizations.

Many of our patients need Medicaid to keep their families safe and secure. Rural hospitals and clinics depend on Medicaid reimbursements to stay open. Most counties in Virginia’s Fifth District currently do not have enough primary care providers. Eleven counties in our district have no obstetric care. Another labor and delivery unit in Farmville closed in December 2025, citing the “recently enacted reductions in federal healthcare funding” that Rep. McGuire supported as a reason.

Tom is a proven champion for expanding affordable healthcare services. In Congress, Tom stood up to insurance lobbyists by voting for the Affordable Care Act and protecting people with pre-existing conditions and letting young people stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26. He also delivered tax credits that helped middle-class families afford health care.

Tom brought federal healthcare dollars home, including support for rural clinics in Buckingham and Nelson counties. In Congress, Tom voted to make Medicaid expansion possible in Virginia. After Congress, Tom fought for healthcare coverage until the state finally expanded Medicaid coverage for 600,000 Virginians.

Tom has spent the past year meeting with people in communities throughout our district. Tom has organized regular sessions with patients, caregivers, clinicians, healthcare workers, and administrators, listening to what’s working and what’s failing in our local healthcare networks.

Tom supports investment in rural healthcare because he believes all Americans deserve access to quality, affordable healthcare in their own communities. Tom’s priorities are clear: reverse the funding cuts threatening our rural hospitals, rebuild maternal and primary care, restore the middle-class tax credits for Affordable Care, and support family caregivers who are holding our health system together.

Tom wants to build a healthcare system that prioritizes access to care and maintaining people’s health. Tom can do this because he refuses all corporate PAC and lobbyist money. Tom answers to the patients and clinicians of Virginia’s Fifth District—not insurance executives.

We urge our neighbors and community members to support Tom Perriello for Congress: early voting started on Friday, September 18!

Signed,

  • Vaia Abatzis, MD, Albemarle

  • Kimberly Acquaviva, PhD, MSW, Albemarle

  • Dana Albon, MD, Albemarle

  • Adrian Ardron, CRNA, Charlottesville

  • Hayden Ardron, RN, Albemarle

  • Stewart Babbott, MD, Albemarle

  • Maria Badaracco, MD, Charlottesville

  • Lori Balaban, MD, Albemarle

  • Kenneth Ballew, MD, Albemarle

  • Eugene J. Barrett, MD, PhD, Albemarle

  • Thomas Barker, PhD, Charlottesville

  • Lawrence Barnett, LCSW, Charlottesville

  • Jonathan B. Bartels, RN, Charlottesville

  • Michael Briggs Bauman, OD, Danville

  • Angie Hasemann Bayliss, RDN, Albemarle

  • George Beller, MD, Charlottesville

  • Taison Bell, MD, Charlottesville

  • Natalie Belt, RN, Albemarle

  • April Bennett, LPC, Charlottesville

  • Virginia Blanks, MD, Lynchburg

  • Will Blackman, MD, Lynchburg

  • William A. Blackman, MD, Lynchburg

  • Gemila Bouber, MD, Albemarle

  • Meghann Bowyer, Pediatric NP, Lynchburg

  • Karen Boyle, BSN, Charlottesville

  • Robert J. Boyle, MD, Charlottesville

  • Renee Bricker, CCC-SLP, Charlottesville

  • Robert Owen Brennan, MD, Lynchburg

  • Teresa Lynch Brennan, MD, Lynchburg

  • Alaina Brown, MD, Charlottesville

  • Amanda Burns, Healthcare Administration, Charlottesville

  • Heidi Cabot, RN, Albemarle

  • Stephen Caldwell, MD, Charlottesville

  • James Forrest Calland, MD, Albemarle

  • Michael A. Caplan, MD, Danville

  • D. Jeannean Carver, MD, Albemarle

  • David Cattell-Gordon, MSW, Albemarle

  • Christian A. Chisholm, MD, Charlottesville

  • Jessicah Collins, MD, Albemarle

  • Michael Cook, FQHC Board Member, Nelson

  • Alan Michael Cooper, MD, Lynchburg

  • Joshua Coons, MD, Charlottesville

  • Deborah Craig Conway, RN, Albemarle

  • Bethany Coyne, PhD, RN, , Albemarle

  • Michael Crothers, RN, Charlottesville

  • Kelly Mercer Davidson, MD, Albemarle

  • Mark DeBoer, MD, Albemarle

  • John Deutsch, CRNA, Charlottesville

  • Robert Devereaux, MD, Charlottesville

  • Patsy Donnelly, RN, Albemarle

  • GR Donowitz, MD, Charlottesville

  • Kim Dowdell, MD, Albemarle

  • Alden Doyle, MD, Albemarle

  • Emily Drake, PhD, RN, Albemarle

  • Colleen Druzgal, MD, Charlottesville

  • Douglas Eddy, RT(R)(MR), Albemarle

  • Elizabeth Enfield, RN, Albemarle

  • Kyle Enfield, MD, Albemarle

  • Elizabeth Epstein, PhD, RN, Albemarle

  • Esteban Figueroa, MD, Albemarle

  • Erica Peters Finan, PhD, Albemarle

  • Patrick Finan, PhD, Charlottesville

  • Molly Flannagan, MD, Albemarle

  • Katherine Forkin, MD, Albemarle

  • William Fox, MD, Albemarle

  • Katie Fusco, OTR/L, Charlottesville

  • Rachel Gagen, MD, Lynchburg

  • Ashley Garneau, MD, Albemarle

  • Gregory S. Gelburd, DO, Charlottesville

  • Peter A. H. Gibbs, DO, Lynchburg

  • Matthew Gillikin, CCC-SLP, Charlottesville

  • George Glass, MD, Albemarle

  • Elizabeth Glover, CCC-SLP, Charlottesville

  • Susan Goins-Eplee, RN, Albemarle

  • Howard Goodkin, MD, PhD, Albemarle

  • Rose Emily Gonzalez, PhD, Albemarle

  • Susan Gray, MD, Charlottesville

  • Wayne E. Hachey, DO, Nelson

  • Carol Haig, CNM, Albemarle

  • Teresa M. Haller, RN, Albemarle

  • Elisa Hampton, MD, Charlottesville

  • Louisa Hann, MD, Charlottesville

  • Mary K. Hardy, ACNP, Charlottesville

  • Stephanie Hartman, MD, Albemarle

  • Fern Hauck, MD, Albemarle

  • Anna Beckwith Hawkes (Polly), FNP, Albemarle

  • David Hawkes, MD, Albemarle

  • William Carlson Hawkes, MD, Albemarle

  • Gregory Hayden, MD, Albemarle

  • Evan Heald, MD, Albemarle

  • Susan Heald, DPT, Albemarle

  • Frederick Heisterman, MSW, Albemarle

  • Anita Thompson Heisterman, RN, Albemarle

  • Deborah Henderson, MD, Charlottesville

  • Duncan Hill, MD, Albemarle

  • Margaret Joan Hobson, MD, Albemarle

  • Emma Hoffman, DDS, Lynchburg

  • Amy Hughes-Gross, RN, Albemarle

  • Beth Hundt, PhD, APRN, Albemarle

  • Patrick Jackson, MD, Albemarle

  • Jeffrey Jenkins, MD, Charlottesville

  • Anna Jesus, MD, Albemarle

  • Danielle Johnson, DO, Charlottesville

  • Rodney S. Johnson, Healthcare Administration, Nelson

  • Emmad Kabil, MD, Albemarle

  • Melissa Kehl, MD, Albemarle

  • Margaret F. Keller, BSN, Albemarle

  • Tracy Crowell Kilpatrick, RN, Fluvanna

  • Sarah Knight, MD, Charlottesville

  • William S. Knight, MD, Charlottesville

  • Natalie B. Krovetz, RN, Charlottesville

  • Suzanne Krzyzanowski, MD, Lynchburg

  • Laura J. Kuhn, RN, Albemarle

  • Jeffrey LaFond, MD, Goochland

  • Sarah LaFond, MD, Goochland

  • Esther H. Larkin, FQHC Board Member, Nelson

  • Kathryn Laughon, PhD, RN, Charlottesville

  • Monica Lawrence, MD, Albemarle

  • Timothy Layng, DO, Charlottesville

  • Carolyn Lewis, PT, Albemarle

  • Emily Little, RN, Charlottesville

  • Keith Littlewood, MD, Albemarle

  • Maryann Long, PhD, CNM, Charlottesville

  • Janice Luth, MD, Bedford

  • Max Luna, MD, Albemarle

  • E. Allison Lyons, MD, Albemarle

  • Bradley S. Malcolm, MD, Lynchburg

  • Amy Malek, MD, Albemarle

  • Jessica Malpass, PhD, RN, Albemarle

  • William Manson, MD, Albemarle

  • Jay A. McDonald, MD, Albemarle

  • Amy McDonnell, FNP-C, Albemarle

  • Catherine McGahren, RN, Albemarle

  • Nancy M. McLaren, MD, Charlottesville

  • Stephanie B. Mcnerney, CPNP-PC, Albemarle

  • Kristin Mcnail, CCC-SLP, Albemarle

  • Mark Mendelsohn, MD, Charlottesville

  • Gary P. Miller, MD, Danville

  • Jessica S. Meyer, MD, Albemarle

  • Matthew Meyer, MD, Albemarle

  • Robert Michel, MD, Albemarle

  • Andrew D. Mihalek, MD, Albemarle

  • Anne M. Mills, MD, Albemarle

  • James H. Moak, MD, Albemarle

  • Melanie Catherine Morse, PhD, Charlottesville

  • Mo Nadkarni, MD, Albemarle

  • Bhiken Naik, MD, Albemarle

  • Adriane Neumeister, RN, Albemarle

  • Phillip Nieburg, MD, Albemarle

  • Anne A. Norwood, CPNP, Nelson

  • Thomas W. Nygaard, MD, Lynchburg

  • Thomas Pajewski, MD, PhD, Albemarle

  • Emily Parillo, RD, Albemarle

  • Carol Rees Parrish, RDN, Albemarle

  • Irene Parrish, FNP, Mecklenburg

  • Andrew Parsons, MD, Charlottesville

  • Laura Parsons, MD, Albemarle

  • Keri Patel, FNP-C, Charlottesville

  • Heather Payne, WHNP-BC, Charlottesville

  • Martha Perkins, RN, Albemarle

  • Paige Perriello, MD, Albemarle

  • Brian Peterson, MD, Albemarle

  • Julie Pitti, CCC-SLP, Albemarle

  • Margaret Plews-Ogan, MD, Albemarle

  • Patricia Polgar-Bailey, PsyD, FNP, Charlottesville

  • Alyxandra Powers, RN, Albemarle

  • Robert D. Powers, MD, Albemarle

  • Susan Randolph, LPC, Albemarle

  • Patricia Rassbach, RN, Mecklenburg

  • Richard Ridge, PhD, PMHNP-BC, Charlottesville

  • Kari Ring, MD, Albemarle

  • Kathryn Robertson, PA, Albemarle

  • Kristi Rose, MD, Albemarle

  • Tim Rose, RN, Albemarle

  • Paula Rowan-Page, RN, Charlottesville

  • Daniel Duane Rowley, RRT, Albemarle

  • Diane Rozycki, MD, Charlottesville

  • MJ Sacco, MD, Charlottesville

  • Courtney Salaway, FNP, Albemarle

  • Rebecca Scharf, MD, Charlottesville

  • Jocelyn Schauer, MD, Charlottesville

  • David E. Schmitt, MD, Charlottesville

  • Samuel Schustek, DPM, Albemarle

  • Laura Ashley Shaffer, PhD, Charlottesville

  • Neeral Shah, MD, Albemarle

  • Vanessa Shami, MD, Charlottesville

  • Bruce A. Silverman, MD, Goochland

  • Jessica Simmons, MD, Albemarle

  • Kendra Simpson, MD, Lynchburg

  • Katherine Smyth, MD, Albemarle

  • Nina J. Solenski, MD, Albemarle

  • Andrew M. Southerland, MD, Albemarle

  • Michael Spaeder, MD, Charlottesville

  • Savita Srivastava, MD, Albemarle

  • Ina Stephens, MD, Albemarle

  • Jeanne Strunk, FNP, Prince Edward

  • Alexis Tew, CCC-SLP, Charlottesville

  • Cesarina Thohan, MD, Albemarle

  • Dorothy Tompkins, MD, Charlottesville

  • William F. Tompkins, MD, Charlottesville

  • Barb Trotter, RN, Albemarle

  • Elizabeth Turner, CCC-SLP, Albemarle

  • Heather L. Turner, RN, Charlottesville

  • Ellen Volker, MD, Charlottesville

  • James Scott Wade, MD, Lynchburg

  • Karen Warburton, MD, Charlottesville

  • Anna Ware, RN, Albemarle

  • M. Leigh Warner, CCC-SLP, Charlottesville

  • David S. Wilkes, MD, Albemarle

  • Claudia Wisman, RN, Charlottesville

  • Paul Wisman, MD, Charlottesville

  • Andrew Wolf, MD, Albemarle

  • Anne Wolf, RD, Albemarle

  • Bradford B. Worrall, MD, Charlottesville

  • Eric Young, PA-C, Charlottesville