Health Care

March 19, 2012

Two years have passed since the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . In it, provision 4207 stated that employers must provide a place other than a bathroom and reasonable time for women to express their breastmilk during the baby’s first year of life. The Department of Labor’...

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Saray Hill, IBCLC

Health Care

March 19, 2012

On March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. Two years later, we are days away from oral arguments in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court that will decide its fate. These two occasions have prompted us at the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) to pause and take stock of...

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Erin Armstrong

Health Care

March 16, 2012

After years of gains and setbacks, the national movement for same-sex marriage is enjoying a period of remarkable success. Massachusetts and Connecticut became first adopters in 2004 and 2005 and that came after twenty years of advocacy. Turmoil followed, especially in California. But in 2009 three...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

That’s what a Center for Disease Control and Prevention newsletter, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, reported yesterday: 24.6 million Americans suffer from asthma , a 12 percent increase over the last decade. One in every ten children has asthma and the prevalence increases with poverty – 13.5% of...

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Diane Bailey

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

Our society goes to great lengths to protect children’s health, from fancy car seats to an elaborate system of recalls on any faulty children’s products. And why shouldn’t we take extra precautions to protect the most vulnerable among us and our future? Somehow when it comes to protecting children...

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Diane Bailey

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the adoption of historic safeguards against mercury and other toxic air pollution which will help to protect our children from increased risk of brain damage, cerebral palsy and other neuro-developmental problems. The Mercury and Air Toxics...

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Adrianna Quintero

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

It’s just the beginning of hot weather across many northern states, but time to recall what rising temperatures do to air quality. Heat worsens air pollution, which harms health in ways that are measurable and pose concerns for society’s most vulnerable, especially children. Warmer temperatures...

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Kim Knowlton

Health Care

March 15, 2012

My son, Cody, was 22 years old when his Crohn’s Disease became active. He was employed full-time in the public elementary school system as an aide to two boys with autism. The job offered no health insurance. He also worked part time at Panera Bread—another job offering no health insurance as it...

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Teri Kepner

Health Care

March 15, 2012

I am the mother of two girls. My daughter Jennifer is 27 years old and a third year law school student. My daughter Julie is 25 years old. Julie's life has been filled with numerous road blocks. Julie had her first heart procedure at age 12 and the last 13 years have been filled with many ups and...

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Lisa Doyle

Health Care

March 15, 2012

Para español, haga clic aquí . Despite the fact that my husband and I both had jobs and were covered by private health insurance, our family’s credit history was damaged after I was in a car accident in 1998 and needed hip replacement surgery. We had to take drastic financial measures in order to...

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