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09/20/10

By Jocelyn Guyer, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families ( http://theccfblog.org/ ) A record number of people are now living in poverty, including one in five children, according to U.S. Census figures ( http://ccf.georgetown.edu/index ) released last week. More than 50 million...

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Jocelyn Guyer

Blog Carnivals Health Care

09/20/10

Sizing Up the Sentinel Measure of How Well America Promotes the Health of Women and Children – Key Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Addressing Infant Mortality By Brent Ewig, MHS Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Infant...

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Brent Ewig

Health Care Blog Carnivals

09/20/10

SAN JUAN -- Barack Obama's healthcare reform will benefit Puerto Rico with $6.6 billion more than the $4.8 expected for Medicaid between 2011 and 2019. After the healthcare bill passed on March 21, Puerto Rico began to look at the next decade which will be crucial for the Island to step up to the...

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Natalia Bonilla

Blog Carnivals Health Care

09/20/10

And we’re off! Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is officially underway! Less than six months after Congress passed the ACA, California has blazed the trail as the first state in the nation to create a statewide Health Insurance Exchange under the Act. Two complementary pieces of...

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Kristen Golden Testa

Health Care Blog Carnivals

09/20/10

The health care bill passed six months ago. Many people are still angry. Some are making threats. Others fear this new law will take away their freedom instead of improving the quality of their lives. Anger, threats, fear…I understand those feelings and share them, but in a very different way. I am...

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Dawn Comer Jefferson

Health Care Blog Carnivals

09/20/10

Honestly, health reform feels so last year. The effort to pass reform was epic, with so many near-death and nail-bitter moments, my political junky self was so ready to move on. A year ago, the town hall protests about health reform were all I could think about but today, I’m thinking more about...

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Ashley Boyd

Blog Carnivals

09/20/10

As we mark the six-month anniversary of the passage of health reform, families have much to celebrate today as several key provisions of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act go into effect for children. While there are a wide array of opinions on both sides of the aisle on the new law...

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Lisa Shapiro

Health Care Blog Carnivals

09/20/10

September 23 is the day that an important part of the new health care law- a provision that allows young adults to stay on their parent's insurance until age 2- becomes law. It's the day that many young Americans will gain the security and peace of mind that comes with knowing you can get covered...

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Aaron Smith

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09/20/10

I am a mother. I am lots of other things but as society continues to discount and undervalue this role, it is easy to get frustrated and not claim it as loudly as I should. The world talks about how important mothers are. Yet often mothers are the last ones on the list to be asked for their opinion...

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Chrysula Winegar

09/19/10

My blog, by the way, is MotherTalkers . LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- On Saturday, I had the privilege to participate on a panel discussion at the Latino2 Conference , which took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Hosted by the non-profit group Latinos in Social Media , Latino2 is an event to...

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