Health Care

Nat'l Women's Health Week

May 15, 2014

Health and fitness advice from an Olympic champion in swimming? With three pre-teenage children, full-time employment, and a frequently-traveling husband, I too find it hard to make sports and fitness a priority.

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Nancy Hogshead-Makar

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

May 15, 2014

Moms’ health matters because their family depends on them. That’s the overwhelming sentiment received from our Facebook and Twitter followers.

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Sarah Ingersoll

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

May 15, 2014

Every Tuesday, I try to write something I learn or take away from raising kids with disabilities. This week, it’s a little more closer to home, in that I’m thinking about how raising my children has directly changed my life.

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Gina Badalaty

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 15, 2014

Recently, CMS released 2012 rates of participation for children in Medicaid and CHIP. For the last few years, our friends at the Urban Institute have been calculating them.

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Karina Wagnerman

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

Do you know a young adult who has taken advantage of the President’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that allows young people to stay on their parent’s health plan until they are 26 years old? In this age of underemployment, lots of new high school and college graduates are grateful (and so are...

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JooYeun Chang

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

As a mom of two young boys, I know that one of the biggest issues held near and dear to every mother’s heart is ensuring that her children and family are healthy and happy. I also know that taking care of myself and making sure I stay healthy is important for keeping the family running smoothly.

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Samantha Artiga

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

Did you know that, even though open enrollment season for health insurance has closed, enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is open all-year round? Good news for pregnant moms This is good news for expectant moms who cannot afford coverage, since it means that...

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Beverly Robertson

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

Did you know that the child support program serves more than 17 million children – 1 in 4 in the U.S.? Yes the child support program is about collecting money. It helps assure that children can get what they need, like clothes and school supplies, and lifts about a million people out of poverty...

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Vicki Turetsky

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

The Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA) is a leader in building a healthy society in which all residents have convenient and affordable access to quality healthcare. An important part of our mission to promote, support and develop comprehensive, accessible and affordable community-based...

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London Wilson

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

¿Sabía usted que, aunque se ha cerrado la temporada de inscripción abierta para el seguro de salud, inscripción al Medicaid y el Programa de seguro médico para niños (CHIP, por sus siglas en inglés) ocurre durante todo el año? Buenas noticias para las mujeres embarazadas Estas son buenas noticias...

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Beverly Robertson