CA Healthcare
Posted November 30th, 2011 by Kristen Golden Testa
Since when is 14,000 no different than 5,000? When the U.S. Treasury Department estimates the affordability of a family’s health insurance. If it goes uncorrected, their fuzzy math may deny affordable health coverage to 270,000 Californians–122,000 of whom are children. While premiums continue to rise across the board, families face particularly steep increases. Since 2003, [...]
Posted November 29th, 2011 by Catherine Porter
Do you enjoy the luxury of a manicure or pedicure, but are concerned about the safety of nail polishes? Here’s your Tuesday Tip: When it comes to safer nail polishes, including base and top coats, avoid the chemical ingredients formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl phthalate, aka the “Toxic Trio.” You’ll be doing yourself a favor as [...]
Posted November 14th, 2011 by Barbara Coombs Lee
Leaders in the care of patients who face serious and life-limiting illness have designated November as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, prompting more stories about both options. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel gives a very good overview of palliative care and hospice in this Q&A with Dr. Diane Meier. The theme of this year’s observance [...]
Posted November 8th, 2011 by Lisa Shulman Malul
Parents are accompanying their children to public protests taking place around the nation. Children are welcome there. Oh were it so in every area of public life. Children are welcomed as important members of the community with child safe zones, play areas, and in one case, even a stroller brigade. What is so difficult about [...]
Posted October 12th, 2011 by Homa Tavangar
Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner who died a few weeks ago must have been smiling down on the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners, all of them mothers, and heroines for peace and justice from environments that are usually so hostile to women’s success. Like them, Wangari’s was an unlikely story of triumph. [...]
Posted October 11th, 2011 by Jenny Kattlove
California lawmakers just made it easier for millions of children to get the health care they need, while, at the same time, building on California’s role as a leader in advancing technology. Specifically, Assembly Bill (AB) 415 (Logue), which was signed into law by Governor Brown late last week, will enable millions of children and [...]
Posted October 10th, 2011 by Barbara Coombs Lee
I have never recommended a film on the end of life before. But people deserve to see “Consider the Conversation” because it deepens our passion for life and enriches our lives. Michael Bernhagen and Terry Kaldhusdal put their hearts into this film, and it shows. Michael came to the hospice movement after his mother’s decline [...]
Posted October 7th, 2011 by Noreen Farrell
By Noreen Farrell, Equal Rights Advocates, and Beth McGovern, California Commission on the Status of Women California is often a national leader in legislation for working families and the Golden State did not disappoint Thursday with passage of Senate Bill 299. California women workers and their families caught a break when Governor Jerry Brown signed [...]
Posted October 5th, 2011 by Barbara Coombs Lee
A mile high and ten miles northeast of Lincoln, Montana, melting snow and mountain springs form the headwaters of the Blackfoot, made famous in the novella and film A River Runs Through It. Stand at the source, running icy and fast, and try to picture Hawaii. This water flows to the Pacific and could ultimately [...]
Posted September 23rd, 2011 by Erin Kelly
Here at FamiliesUSA, we get questions all the time from folks in the “sandwich generation” who are seeking better health care coverage for both their kids and their aging parents. People want to know things like: – What can I do to ensure coverage for my kids if I lose my job? – What should [...]
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