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One less thing to worry about for Mother’s Day

May 12, 2014
Being a mother changes everything. Before you become a mother, people try to explain what that means – no sleep, no privacy (bathrooms seem to have an open door policy in my house), and your fashion sense goes out the window! The thing is, you can’t really know what it means until you are face to...
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Kimberley Chin
Blog Carnivals Health Care

Medicaid Means Healthy Kids and Bright Futures

May 12, 2014
When it comes to children’s health, every parent knows that the early years are crucial. President Lyndon B. Johnson echoed that sentiment when he pushed to expand the Medicaid program to focus on children’s health more than 40 years ago. Despite getting more children health insurance coverage, not...
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Jane Perkins
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Kids in California Are Eligible for No-Cost Medi-Cal All Year Round – Let’s Get Them Covered Today

May 12, 2014
Haga clic aquí para leer el artículo en español Summer is almost here and California Coverage & Health Initiatives (CCHI) and all our statewide members want California’s children to be healthy wherever they live and play. Studies show children with health coverage are more likely to thrive and...
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Maria Romero-Mora
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Healthy Kids Make Better Learners

May 12, 2014
The School-Based Health Alliance serves as the national voice for school-based health centers (SBHCs), and our mission is to improve the health status of children and youth by advancing and advocating for school-based health care. While our mission is focused on access to health care in school, our...
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Kyle Taylor
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Sometimes a Mom's best gift is what she doesn't pass on.

May 11, 2014
As I celebrate Mother’s Day, I think of all the great things my mother passed on to me—life lessons, acts of love and sacrifice, and words of encouragement and wisdom. But there’s something else she passed on to me, which I know she wishes she could take back. Without knowing, my mother passed on...
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Su Wang, MD MPH
Environmental Health Food! Health Care Politics & Policy

Get Involved: Global Day of Action to Cut Conflict Palm Oil

May 9, 2014
When problems seem overwhelming for our children, we remind them to take things “one day at time.” Amazingly, their problems often don’t seem so big or so overwhelming anymore. may20DoA.jpg On May 20, 2014, you and your family can join me and my family and thousands of other folks around the world...
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Harriet Shugarman
Health Care Politics & Policy

Just in Time for Mother’s Day, Minnesota Bill Against Shackling Pregnant Women Heads to Governor

May 8, 2014
Minnesota will soon join the other 19 states that have adopted laws to limit the shackling of pregnant women in prison.
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Rachel Roth
Health Care

411 on Birth Control in an ACA World

May 7, 2014
Wondering why you had to pay for birth control recently when you thought it would be free?
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Jeannina Perez
Health Care

10 things you should know about using your new ACA health coverage

May 5, 2014
Using new coverage for the first time can be daunting—but don’t worry! Here’s a list of 10 things to know about using your health coverage.
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Jeannina Perez
Health Care

Still No Medicaid Expansion In Florida

May 2, 2014
The Florida legislative session ends today without a clear resolution for Medicaid expansion. In response to the silence from those representing us, healthcare activists stood together this morning in order to bring their voices as one and ask Governor Rick Scott and our legislators to find a...
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Sili Recio

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