Health Care

February 2, 2012

In one of his first acts in office three years ago this week, President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009. Because of CHIPRA, millions of low-income children were able to keep their affordable coverage and an additional 1.2 million children...

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Michael Odeh

Health Care

February 2, 2012

There is only one picture of my grandmother and me. When I was only a baby, my 56-year-old grandmother, Augusta Francis, died from breast cancer. She was a hard-working mother of five and she and my grandfather, Henry Francis, put three of their children through college. He was a farmer and she was...

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MomsRising Staffer

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

February 1, 2012

Super Bowl Sunday is around the corner! Keep toxic chemicals out of your Super Bowl bash by making a few simple tweaks to your game day plan. Don't worry: You don't have to lose any of those traditional (insanely delicious) football-watching-foods. Try these top 5 easy tips for greening your Super...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care Blog Carnivals

January 27, 2012

If you don’t follow the lunar calendar and Chinese Zodiac, the Year of the Dragon just roared to life this week. It’s an auspicious time for having children in many Asian countries, and a baby boom of little dragons may soon be upon us all. Photo by flickr user Mananetwork Earlier this week, Thao...

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Rebecca Spence

Health Care

January 26, 2012

Cross posted with permission from the National Physicians Alliance blog . I attended a health policy conference last week where the buzz was women . The question on everyone’s mind was: Why aren’t American women angrier that every last one of the Republican candidates for president has threatened...

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Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD

Health Care Childcare & Early Education

January 26, 2012

CPEHN began its Equity and the ACA webinar series earlier today. We were very fortunate to have Peter Lee, Executive Director of the California Health Benefit Exchange, as our first presenter. The event, Equity and the ACA: Establishing the California Health Benefit Exchange , featured an...

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Ellen Wu

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

January 24, 2012

When I first started writing about toxic chemicals, a funny thing would happen. Every few weeks, after devouring a new study or Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user j l t article, I would race through my apartment, bagging up the series of surprisingly toxic products that lived in each room. At the...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

January 23, 2012

Amy Chua ousted the timid Rabbit and made 2011 the Year of the Tiger. Her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother , a memoir about how she raised fabulously successful children through strict parenting, became a global phenomenon. Parents everywhere fiercely debated the pros and cons of Chua’s...

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Gloria Pan

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

January 18, 2012

What will the big stories be for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2012? Access, affordability and quality win the day. The ACA year opens with a scintillating GOP primary and election year intrigue; and the Supreme Court hears arguments on the “individual responsibility” requirement and the...

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Darden Rice

Environmental Health Health Care

January 18, 2012

Have you been following CT Working Moms blogger Dena Fleno's 12 Days of Toxins posts? Dena believes that understanding what toxins may be lurking in products we use on ourselves and our families and what alternatives are out there either in the store or in your kitchen cabinet are important for...

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