Health Care

March 22, 2011

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, our children can now stay on our health insurance until they are 26. My son started school late. He is 19 and completing high school while taking college courses. Without ACA, my son would not be covered by our health insurance, and would be forced to look for...

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Tonya Arroyo

Health Care

March 22, 2011

My 21 year old is taking a year off from school. He is having to pay back school loans from the first year. He works a full-time job with a small business. our family He cannot afford health insurance on his own, and we cannot afford to pay for it for him. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, we were...

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Tracy Muñoz

Health Care Open Flexible Work

March 21, 2011

It’s hard to keep up with what’s happening with healthcare reform these days. The new law is complicated. The debate is heated. And entrepreneurs are busy running their businesses, making it hard to stay on top of it all. We’re here to shine some light on the situation. The fact is that the Patient...

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John Arensmeyer

Paid Sick Days Health Care Open Flexible Work

March 15, 2011

In the first ten weeks of this year, we've missed 11 days of work due to school holidays or a sick kid. We're not even through the first quarter yet. If the rest of the year is like this quarter, we'll miss more than 40 days of work by the end of the year. How can that be?

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Katrina Alcorn

Health Care

March 12, 2011

When you have kids, anniversaries can get short shrift. Suddenly, a quick pizza lunch can suffice for a romantic date. But anniversaries are important not just to mark what we have achieved, but also to renew our commitment to going forward. This March 23rd is the Anniversary of the passage of the...

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Donna Norton

Health Care Food!

March 10, 2011

When a pregnant woman comes down with a cold or minor infection, the information about what options are safe for treating her symptoms often are nonexistent. Similarly, if a woman is being treated for a chronic illness, pregnancy can throw her treatment regimen into disarray with uncertainty about...

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Senator Herb Kohl

Health Care

March 8, 2011

The countdown to tax day is on and it’s safe to assume you’re either gathering receipts and scrambling to fill out forms or putting off the inevitable for yet another day. Either way, when you do sit down to scrutinize every last detail in your attempt to keep as much of your profits this year as...

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John Arensmeyer

Paid Family Leave Health Care

March 3, 2011

Just the other day, two of us were on the phone celebrating our recent victories for mothers who choose to breastfeed. We had a happy conversation about how millions of mothers recently were granted the right to clean spaces to pump milk at work and reasonable breaks to do so, and how all mothers...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

March 2, 2011

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has already had a huge impact on the health of millions of Americans. While most of the attention has been paid on the ACA’s provisions that expand access to health care, the law also opens doors for many more Americans in underserved communities...

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Ellen Wu

Health Care

March 2, 2011

To mothers of children without health insurance, I say ask your loved ones where they receive care. There is a good chance that if the clinic is small enough, you'll be able to obtain healthcare coverage there. I am undocumented - I have been waiting 13 years for immigration to process my...

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Alicia C