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07/13/17

No one who is healthy wants to believe they will get sick. No one expects to get cancer, or renal failure, or into a car accident. No one tries to become the victim of a heart attack, or a terrorist attack, mental illness. No one believes that they will become addicted, or that their baby will be...

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Nancer Ballard

Health Care MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

07/12/17

Quality, affordable healthcare coverage is incredibly important to families in the U.S. MomsRising has recieved thousands of messages from our volunteers with stories about why the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare matter for the health of their families. This #...

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Abbie Gately

Health Care MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

07/12/17

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Abbie Gately

Health Care MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

07/12/17

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Abbie Gately

Families & The Federal Budget Food!

07/12/17

An open internet is essential to protecting freedoms we hold dear: our ability to innovate, speak our mind, connect, and hear diverse voices and opinions. All of that is at risk. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to roll back 2015 rules that require internet service providers (ISPs...

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Karen Showalter

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Health Care

07/12/17

Donald Trump continues to shock us with his bullying behavior—but bullying in this administration isn’t limited to Donald Trump’s twitter account. Unbelievably, Republicans in the U.S. Senate, along with Trump, are trying to pass a health care bill that will rip coverage from 22 million people and...

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Felicia Burnett

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

07/12/17

It’s a good thing moms are excellent multi-taskers because while we are out fighting to protect our families’ access to health care, President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress are busy writing a tax plan that will hand out massive tax breaks to millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy...

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Elyssa Schmier

MomsRising Politics & Policy

07/12/17

Thousands of websites plan massive online protest for July 12th. Other participating organizations include The Center for Media Justice, Mozilla, MoveOn, ACLU, Change.Org, CREDO, Democracy for America, Rock the Vote, and the Women's March.

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Childcare & Early Education

07/12/17

Summer fun needs to be Educational! Don't let the children miss out! @DetroitSchlTalk Read up on ways to make summer learning fun .

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Bernita Bradley

Health Care

07/11/17

The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) proposes devastating cuts to Medicaid through per-capita caps, limiting Medicaid funding regardless of the health care and long-term support needs of individuals. According to the Congressional Budget Office , the bill will lead to a $772 billion...

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