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07/10/13

Congressional warnings, football and healthcare...what?! Unbelievable but true: last week, we learned that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sent letters to six professional sports leagues—including the National Football League (NFL)— warning them NOT to help share news about new health...

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Ashley Boyd

Family Economic Security

07/10/13

My colleague and great friend Sarah Bibler wrote this week’s post. She’s an expert in how gender issues fit into a nation’s economic growth, and how U.S. foreign policy can do both good and ill for women around the world. She turns her focus towards the U.S. in this piece, and explains how we could...

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Valerie Young

07/09/13

Join MomsRising and HHS for HHS' first HealthCare.gov Hangout! We’ll be streaming a live conversation about how you can use the re-launched HealthCare.gov website and the new Health Insurance Marketplace call center to help you get ready for the new coverage options coming in less than 100 days...

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Angelique Roche

07/09/13

Join us- 7/10 @ 2-3pm ET #WellnessWed Chat with @MomsRising & #GetCovered America (@EnrollAmerica) With less than 90 days before millions of uninsured Americans get access to new, affordable health coverage options, MomsRising and Get Covered America (@Covered_America) invite you to participate...

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Angelique Roche

Health Care

07/09/13

We've got great news! Governor Brown just signed a bill that will make Medi-Cal health coverage available to over a million moderate-income, uninsured Californians beginning in January 2014! This is an important step in ensuring a healthier California. Starting January 1st, people who earn up to...

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Felicia Burnett

Podcast

07/09/13

From victories to current battles, on this show we talk about the power of people to make our democracy work for all. *GUEST LIST – The following guests join Kristin this week on 1480AM WeActRadio, which also can be heard via additional broadcast stations, as well as on iTunes here: http://itunes...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education

07/08/13

A couple of weeks ago at the Points of Light 2013 National Conference on Volunteering and Service , I gave a talk on Unlocking Our Superpowers . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-04HJvBaUqw In the talk, I offered up the admittedly controversial definition of superpowers as the “quirky and unique mix...

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Jill Vialet

Environmental Health

07/08/13

(First posted at Non-Toxic Kids . Join Katy from Non-Toxic Kids, author Beth Terry, and MomsRising this Tuesday for #EcoTipTue. We'll discuss how plastic is bad for our health and the planet-- and how we all can take simple steps to reduce our usage. Beth is super funny and full of great advice!) I...

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Katy Farber

Environmental Health Health Care

07/05/13

Ed Brown's new movie Unacceptable Levels tells the story of chemicals in our bodies: how they get there, what it means to our health, how in the world it can be legal, and what we can do about it. All this from the perspective of a young dad contemplating the food his family eats, the water they...

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Kristin Schafer

07/03/13

By Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy Yesterday's surprise announcement that the Obama Administration is postponing implementation of the health reform law's requirement that firms with more than 50 workers provide affordable, comprehensive health insurance or pay a small penalty set off a...

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