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02/22/11

Gracias a la reforma de salud, las compañias de seguro médico no pueden negar cobertura a ningún niño, incluso a aquellos con “condiciones preexistentes” como el asma, el diabetes, el cáncer, u otras enfermedades. En California a estos niños se les asegura con tarifas más económicas si sus familias...

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Elisa Batista

02/22/11

About a year and a half ago, I came up short in helping our state stop a requirement for toxic flame retardants in baby product foams. These chemicals are technically known as "halogenated flame retardants" or HFRs. Here is a short video by scientist and one of the foremost experts on this issue,...

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Elisa Batista

Environmental Health Health Care

02/22/11

Cancer may seem like a huge monster that we can’t do anything about. This year, we have a way to get that monster out from the under bed. In its annual report to the President last year, the President’s Cancer Panel confirmed that exposure to toxic chemicals is an important but under-recognized...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

02/22/11

A veces cuando uno no tiene seguro médico, parece imposible encontrar cobertura económica. Yo sé porque cuando mi marido cambió de trabajo hace tres años atrás, perdimos nuestro seguro médico. Supimos de “Healthy Families” por una clínica en Berkeley. El proceso para aplicar fue muy fácil...

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Guillermina Ruiz

Open Flexible Work

02/22/11

Last week I attended the Department of Labor’s conference to spark a National Dialogue on Workplace Flexibility, run by the Women’s Bureau and Department of Labor in California. The goal of this conference was to have a business-to-business discussion on workplace flexibility. Over 400 business,...

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Ellen Ernst Kossek, PhD

Health Care

02/21/11

There's not a lot of love between right and left these days, but one thing politicians of every stripe agree about is breastfeeding, at least when it comes to their own families. Michelle Obama says she breastfed her daughters, bringing her younger one to work at eight months so she could keep...

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Melissa Bartick

Health Care

02/19/11

In case you missed it (and you might wish that you had), breastfeeding is now being used as a ploy for political rants. That’s right. Our political culture has sunk so low as to transform something previously non-controversial, almost entirely free and certifiably healthy into a political hot...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/19/11

Calling every CA parent! You have the opportunity to help make health coverage for *every single* California child a reality. Here's the deal: Between now and March 1, parents with uninsured children can lock in lower premiums on private insurance-- even if the kids have pre-existing conditions...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care Environmental Health

02/19/11

For the first time in history, every child in California is now eligible for health coverage. New insurance protections may make it easier for parents with uninsured children with pre-existing conditions get affordable coverage. But parents need to act right away – by March 1st – to lock in lower...

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Children's Defense Fund

Health Care

02/19/11

Thanks to health care reform, private health insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to children due to a pre-existing condition like asthma, diabetes, cancer or other previous or ongoing illnesses. In California, these children are assured lower rates if their parents apply for private...

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Elisa Batista