Health Care

January 24, 2014

By Barbara Coombs Lee, PA, FNP, JD, President Compassion & Choices Marlise Munoz is dead . She died Nov. 26 , probably of a pulmonary embolus, when she was 14 weeks pregnant. But John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas refuses to turn off the machines and let the family claim the body of...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Health Care

January 24, 2014

Health insurance is a necessity for our family, not just a precaution. Unlike so many other families, we are thankfully covered under my husband’s health insurance at work, but 2 of our amazing 3 children have special needs. Both of our special needs kids depend on life changing therapies. Our son...

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Kirsten Ozimek

Health Care Food!

January 23, 2014

*Wait! Before you read on, it would greatly help us if you take this quick 7-question survey ! Thank you!* When you become a parent it seems like you have a ton of questions and not a lot of answers. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a place you could go that helps prepare you to become a parent? You...

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Douglas Greenaway

Health Care

January 22, 2014

We've got amazing news! As of this month, more than 10 million people have enrolled in health coverage as part of the Affordable Care Act and millions more are eligible for discounted insurance. Yet millions of people who are uninsured or pay too much for insurance, don't understand they are...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

January 22, 2014

Pictured below is my close friend and business partner, Marti Woodward, celebrating the bill she received for her first month of health insurance in 5 years! She's so happy because she's insured and the cost is affordable! “ Thank you, President Obama!”says her smiling face. As her friend, I can’t...

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Molly Wingate

Paid Family Leave Health Care Food!

January 22, 2014

I’m a working mother of two small children, and I’ve breastfed them both. In fact, I’m currently somewhere in the middle of breastfeeding my second child, who has cut some teeth recently and knows how to use them, so we’ll see how much longer this continues. And it’s been interesting, being alive...

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Jessica Shortall

Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work

January 17, 2014

My job requires frequent traveling. As a journalist, I've been reporting from places such as quake-stricken Haiti, war-torn Mexico, and typhoon-damaged Taiwan. These are challenging works. The biggest challenge, though, is collecting and transporting breast milk while traveling. After all, I'm more...

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To-wen Tseng

Health Care

January 9, 2014

Guess which famous Floridian recently signed up for a health insurance plan through Obamacare? Marco Rubio! Shocked? Me too! It's hard to believe that Rubio, a staunch opponent of the new healthcare law, not only signed up for health coverage through the federal marketplace, but also accepted a $10...

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Jeannina Perez

Health Care

January 6, 2014

This post originally appeared on the Go Ask Mom blog. The week before Christmas, I had the incredible opportunity of being invited to the White House to speak with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama about the Affordable Care Act and share how it's impacted my life and my son's life. I...

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Felicia Burnett

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security Health Care

January 3, 2014

Massachusetts hospitals banned formula company discharge bags Last year, we saw important advancements in creating the cultural shift needed for families to establish and maintain breastfeeding. In 2013, there was greater visibility of the “Break Time for Nursing Mothers” law and a spotlight on...

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