Health Care

September 20, 2010

And we’re off! Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is officially underway! Less than six months after Congress passed the ACA, California has blazed the trail as the first state in the nation to create a statewide Health Insurance Exchange under the Act. Two complementary pieces of...

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Kristen Golden Testa

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 20, 2010

The health care bill passed six months ago. Many people are still angry. Some are making threats. Others fear this new law will take away their freedom instead of improving the quality of their lives. Anger, threats, fear…I understand those feelings and share them, but in a very different way. I am...

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Dawn Comer Jefferson

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 20, 2010

Honestly, health reform feels so last year. The effort to pass reform was epic, with so many near-death and nail-bitter moments, my political junky self was so ready to move on. A year ago, the town hall protests about health reform were all I could think about but today, I’m thinking more about...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 20, 2010

September 23 is the day that an important part of the new health care law- a provision that allows young adults to stay on their parent's insurance until age 2- becomes law. It's the day that many young Americans will gain the security and peace of mind that comes with knowing you can get covered...

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Aaron Smith

Environmental Health Health Care

September 16, 2010

The following awesome letter to parents and grandparents was written by Nancy Myers, who works at the nonprofit organization, Science and Environmental Health Network , www.sehn.org . We are among the many people now trying to figure out how to stop the toxic assault on our children. If you, dear...

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Alice Shabecoff

Environmental Health Health Care

September 16, 2010

Moms know that the ads we see are often the front lines for whether a product gets bought or ignored. A large and increasing number of greener moms may read up on blogs, read reports and articles, and try to look up chemical names of material safety data sheets, but not everyone does this. Many...

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Cassidy Randall

Environmental Health Health Care

September 14, 2010

Did you know that chemicals commonly used in cleaning products have been linked to breast cancer, fertility problems, hormone disruption, asthma, and other serious health impacts? And here’s the scary part: no law requires cleaning product companies to disclose their ingredients, so you can’t look...

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Cassidy Randall

Health Care

September 13, 2010

I have a 22-year-old daughter without health insurance. She is a part-time college student and works for an employer who does not offer health insurance. I work full time at a hospital and have coverage through my employer, and my employer also offers dependent coverage. I've heard that with the...

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Claire McAndrew

Health Care

September 10, 2010

It's back to school time, but unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily mean back to sports for every child who wants to play on a team. Each year, many children who want to participate in school or community sports can't play. They're sidelined from sports because they don't have health insurance,...

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Donna Norton

Environmental Health Health Care

September 9, 2010

Our children are facing an historically unprecedented rise in chronic disease and illness such as cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, and learning and developmental disabilities. Credible scientific evidence increasingly points to chemicals used in everyday products, building materials, and...

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Janelle Sorensen