Healthcare reform is now REALLY almost at the finish line, with a vote expected this week. Hundreds of thousands of families are waiting to find out if reform will actually: – help out their family budgets, – ensure that their health coverage is both accessible and affordable, – offer strong regulation – protect families from [...]
You asked, she answered! Last month, we collected your questions on health reform for Senator Patty Murray. Senator Murray responded personally to MomsRising members, creating her video response that you can see right here: We’re grateful that Senator Murray took time out to speak directly with us via video and that she is a strong [...]
**UPDATE!!** Thanks to everyone who has contributed comments and questions to this discussion, here as well as through Facebook and Twitter. The five questions have been chosen, and the Senator will tape her answers early next week. (With a short break in voting in DC, Senator Murray has flown back to her home state of [...]
Our members did it again! After receiving messages from MomsRising members, Speaker of the U.S. House, Nancy Pelosi, is now also wearing the MomsRising pacifier pin as she joins us in not being pacified until Congress delivers comprehensive and affordable coverage for children and families. (See picture just below). Right now it’s critically important that [...]
Many of our members are shocked to find out that most health insurance policies sold on the individual market do not cover maternity care at all.[1] Take, for example, Rebecca from New Mexico, who just wrote us this note last week: “My husband lost his full-time job and benefits in January, so we were forced [...]
Welcome to our HealthCare Blog Carnival! We’ve rounded up some of the most interesting, useful stories and analysis on healthcare reform, focusing on posts that speak to the impact of healthcare on families. Browse through and enjoy. We’ve got something for everyone, from personal stories to detailed policy analysis, from writers all around the country. [...]
Today is Governor Schwarzenegger’s birthday. But we’re not exactly in the mood to throw him a party right now. On Tuesday, the Governor used his line-item veto authority to revise the state budget and add another $50 million in cuts to the state’s Healthy Families Program, bringing the total cuts this year to $179 million.1 [...]
If my family budget was in such deep crisis that I didn’t have enough money to feed my kids, I would turn over every cushion looking for spare change, get a weekend job, or sell things in a yard sale. I’d do anything I could to find new ways to bring new money in the [...]
Happy Mother’s Day! Below is a list of blogs celebrating with our MomsRising Mother of the Year award. Despite our best efforts, this list isn’t quite complete– the video has gone viral, with over 2 million views and counting! Join the fun and check these out!! UPDATED 4x: over 12 million views and counting! Amazing! [...]
MomsRising.org member Tracie, like many other Californians in this recession, is struggling for the first time to provide healthcare coverage for her kids.
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