Secretary Sebelius shared the following message especially for MomsRising members to launch National Women’s Health Week. Learn more about National Women’s Health Week here and join MomsRising in playing Healthy Moms BINGO!
Cross posted from the White House blog Last Thursday, Americans from across the country began making plans to quit smoking as part of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout. And we released a video from President Obama congratulating everyone who is participating in this important event and underscoring our Administration’s commitment to fighting tobacco [...]
No child or young person should have to skip a doctor’s appointment or go without the medicine they need because their family can’t afford it. That shouldn’t happen in America, and that’s why the Obama Administration made children’s health coverage a priority from the start. When President Obama took office, there were 8 million uninsured [...]
Everyone wants their family to be healthy. And a key component of this is ensuring that mothers, daughters, and sisters have access to the preventive services they need. When it comes to health, women are often the sole decision maker for their families and the trusted source in circles of friends – and they are [...]
This week is National Women’s Health Week, a time to talk about and promote women’s health. This year, we can truly be thankful for a health system that provides better, more affordable care to all Americans — especially the women that spend so much of their time caring for the health and well being of [...]
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. But in the twelve months since it was signed, the law has already given Americans more freedom and control over their health care choices. The law’s key goals for America’s families: better benefits and better health. The Affordable Care Act [...]
Today is an important day for kids and their families all across the country. On this day, we celebrate the second anniversary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which President Obama signed into law, making it possible for this program to continue providing health coverage for uninsured children in families with limited incomes. [...]
For Amanda from Tigard, Oregon, one of the worst things about going without health insurance was worrying that something might happen to her son Jacob when she couldn’t afford a doctor. Jacob, now 3, was having vision problems and needed to see an eye doctor. Fortunately, Oregon has begun taking innovative steps to make sure [...]
In the six months since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, we have been hard at work implementing the law and focusing on putting consumers ahead of insurance companies. Already, millions of Americans are seeing the benefits: Nearly 4 million employees working for small businesses can benefit from small business tax credits to help [...]
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