Health Care

June 28, 2012

The United States Supreme Court today announced its ruling to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) . The Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform applauds the decision to uphold the law so that the progress we have already made in realizing a healthier, stronger...

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Leni Preston

Health Care Childcare & Early Education Food! Environmental Health

June 27, 2012

Recently, MomsRising hosted a #kidshealth tweetchat with Dr. Mark Ryan (@richmonddoc), who answered your questions about everything from childhood asthma to breastfeeding to first dentist appointments, and more! Dr. Ryan is a family doctor in Richmond, VA and a member of the board of the National...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

June 27, 2012

Great news! Recently, California Governor Jerry Brown directed state agencies to " revise flammability standards for upholstered furniture sold in the state ." This important move will help reduce toxic flame retardants in furniture in California. According to the Breast Cancer Fund "...the whole...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

June 27, 2012

Expansion in Oregon Tests whether it’s a Distinction without a Difference As I previously blogged, the Catholic hospital brand is no longer desirable in the marketplace for mergers and acquisitions of healthcare entities. This realization led Catholic Healthcare West , the nation’s fifth largest...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Environmental Health Health Care

June 27, 2012

Traditional canned barbeque fare and potentially hazardous grilled meat can make barbeques feel like a toxic minefield. Luckily, there are plenty of easy ways to keep all of your favorite foods while protecting your health. Try these top five tips for throwing a nontoxic barbeque this summer! Photo...

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Claire Moshenberg

Paid Family Leave Health Care

June 22, 2012

In the year that has passed since Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York Marriage Equality Act, thousands of same-sex couples have vowed to take each other "in sickness and in health." Yet because of discriminatory and inadequate federal laws that deny LGBT spouses the protections...

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Jared Make

Health Care

June 21, 2012

Knowledge, encouragement, and support. That's what I needed to make my first attempt at breastfeeding a success in the first bleary weeks with a newborn. For several years, new mothers who receive support through the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program have been getting exactly this type of...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

June 20, 2012

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. California’s Healthy Families program is most definitely working. Each year, the Healthy Families Program provides approximately 875,000 children from low to moderate-income families the health coverage they need to stay healthy and succeed in school. Unfortunately...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

June 20, 2012

Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Rik Ruff 3.1 million people are newly insured because of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that lets young adults to stay on their parents’ health care plans up to age 26. That is amazing. I graduated four years ago, and I saw the fallout firsthand of a bad...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

June 20, 2012

Yesterday we told you about an amazing change in the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), lactation policy for nursing mothers. The new policy allows nursing mothers, to request extended or additional breaks to pump during the LSAT, for up to one year following childbirth. We got involved after...

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