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Would you like your discrimination now or later?

07/21/09
Luckily, Congress has seen the light on gender discrimination in health insurance premiums. But for midlife and older women, it isn’t enough. Age discrimination is still on the table. In Washington, a group of leading advocates for older Americans is urging Congress to eliminate age rating...
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Ashley Carson

Children's Special Health Care Needs Can Bankrupt Families

07/21/09
As policymakers consider health reform, they will need to consider the needs of families raising children with special health care needs. These families are not only hit hard in the pocketbook, they face overwhelming bureaucratic obstacles to coverage . We asked Meg Comeau to address this issue...
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Say Ahhh!

BPA Panel Chair Admits She Would Buy Glass Baby Bottles

07/21/09
Last week I testified before a panel of doctors in favor of identifying the chemical bisphenol A as a neurological and reproductive toxin under California's Proposition 65. BPAs, found in many plastics like baby bottles and sippy cups, have been linked by various studies to everything from cancer...
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Elisa Batista
Health Care

Moms In Business Speaks Out for Healthcare Reform

07/19/09
Dear Moms, I wrote the following letter to President Obama the day following my last chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. He asked for ideas, and I was ready to give them. I'm not sure the day after chemo or even a week after chemo was the best time to sit down and write a letter to the...
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Gina Robison-Billups

Mommy and Me

07/18/09
Over the past year I've taking my younger son, Jamie, to the local Jewish community center for a 'Mommy and Me' class. Being the only dad present has never troubled me. Everyone is friendly and respectful. Sure, the moms feel more comfortable with asking each other out for lunch, etc, but what's...
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Dana Glazer

And we’re off!

07/17/09
And we’re off! MomsRising members have started meeting with Senate staff in states across the country, and boy, are we packing a punch! This week in Massachusetts, for example, 14 members of MomsRising and 6 members to be (all under six years old) crammed into the offices of Senator Kerry to demand...
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Donna Norton

1,000 Kids Per Day Are Being Denied Health Coverage

07/17/09
Every day the California Governor and Legislature fail to pass a budget that restores Healthy Families funding, nearly 1,000 children are denied access to health coverage. Starting TODAY, the State’s Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) will begin to deny children health coverage through...
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Jenny Kattlove

"Who Does She Think She Is?"

07/17/09
Q: WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? A: Every Woman in America Who Ever Tried to Create Anything, That’s WHO! “Who Does She Think She Is?” This is the film the New York Times called “…An engaging documentary about the struggle to create … an enlightening primer on sexism in the art world.” “Who Does She...
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Pamela Tanner Boll

"No such thing as work-life balance" Why not already!?

07/17/09
When we read the Wall Street Journal article this week in which the former CEO of GE, Jack Welch, states there's "no such thing as work-life balance," our blood really started boiling. No such thing!? What we want to know is, "Why not already?" We're tired of people bemoaning that work-life balance...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health

California Doctors Reject BPA Findings

07/16/09
UPDATE: There were some questions on my diary at Daily Kos as to the science that was presented. Research had been released by California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment . The scientists presented their evidence before the "science advisory board's...
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Elisa Batista

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