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GOP Would Cut Health Insurance for 1.7 Million Kids

May 31, 2011
Having grown up in a family that could not afford health care, I know how difficult it can be to go to a doctor when you need one. That's one of the reasons I worked on health insurance reform. No person in the United States should go without care when they need it. I remember an afternoon in...
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US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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Navigating a Sunscreen Wonderland

May 31, 2011
Memorial Day has come and gone, which means summer is just around the corner. Whether you tan or don’t tan, whether you lounge on tropical beaches or prefer to spend your summer afternoons doing less sun dappled activities, sunscreen is a must. I’m sure you’ve all been dutifully applying sunscreen...
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Claire Moshenberg
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Those first few days are critical...

May 27, 2011
In the first days following my son’s birth, a lactation specialist visited me in the hospital no fewer than five times. I was a confident, mature woman with a lot of life experience but the small bumps in the road to breastfeeding felt insurmountable. The empathetic, knowledgeable help I received...
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Ashley Boyd
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The U.S. Shouldn’t Solve Its Debt Problems By Robbing Health Programs for Kids

May 25, 2011
In the discussion about the national debt, the moral imperative of not saddling our children with debt is frequently heralded. It makes perfect sense that the current generation should find ways to manage finances wisely to avoid such a scenario. It also makes sense that we should make investments...
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Kristen Golden Testa
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Affordable Care Act Bringing Down Premium Costs

May 24, 2011
Most of us can figure out ways to cutback on our energy consumption to reduce our expenditures at the gas pump but cutting back on health care is a bit trickier. We can’t very well stop our kids from getting sick and even if we could, it wouldn’t impact our premiums – insurers would just pocket the savings. But that’s about to change.
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Say Ahhh!
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Report back: Delivering your signatures to the White House!

May 19, 2011
Good news! Today I had the opportunity to represent MomsRising at a meeting with White House officials about cancer prevention. Your signatures were delivered along with those from other organizations who are also members of the Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Coalition . We talked about how...
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Donna Norton
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Coal Industry Attempts to Muddy School Curriculum

May 13, 2011
I have been writing a lot about air quality as part of my work with Moms Clean Air Force , an initiative by the Environmental Defense Fund. While I have always been passionate about preserving our environment for my children and future generations, I have also learned a lot on the job. For one, I...
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Elisa Batista
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What Health Reform Means for Women

May 12, 2011
This week is National Women's Health Week, a time to talk about and promote women's health. This year, we can truly be thankful for a health system that provides better, more affordable care to all Americans -- especially the women that spend so much of their time caring for the health and well...
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Kathleen Sebelius
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Protect Our Children from Toxic Coal Pollution

May 6, 2011
In honor of Mother's Day this Sunday, I invited an amazing mom and activist to share her story about a very important issue the Sierra Club is working on: toxic mercury pollution from coal plants . This piece is by Anna Getty, a member of the Sierra Club, and the co-founder of Pregnancy Awareness...
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Sarah Hodgdon
Health Care

For Mother's Day: The Perfect Gift

May 5, 2011
On Sunday we acknowledge the noble role of motherhood, which is easy. Mothers are the givers and guardians of life. They not only risk their own lives to create new ones, but nurture and care for their families – for generations – and selflessly address their own needs last. As a mother, I’ve realized so much of what we do isn’t because we’re the only ones able, nor because we actually want to. Rather we are often the only ones who anticipate problems and actually see what needs to be done.
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Barbara Coombs Lee

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