Health Care

Woman holding megaphone with text that reads "The time is now to speak out to protect medicaid"

March 22, 2023

“My son has cystic fibrosis and type 1 diabetes. Medicaid has literally saved his life. As a single low income parent I can barely afford to provide housing and food… My child deserves to have the life-saving medications he needs and he also deserves to have a home and food. Without Medicaid, I don't think he can have all those things.”

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Felicia Burnett

Pharmacist is showing medication to an older woman.

Health Care

March 17, 2023

This article originally appeared on the Center for Child and Families website and is shared here with the express consent of the organization. Written by: Edwin Park Under the highly effective Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), drug manufacturers must provide substantial rebates to the federal...

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Tasmiha Khan

Health Care

March 15, 2023

Earlier this winter, I had a frightening experience: my baby had both the flu and an ear infection. Normally, I would get the antibiotics he needed to remedy the situation. Instead, the medications his pediatrician prescribed were out of stock at our local pharmacy. I called multiple pharmacies...

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Tasmiha Khan

Health Care

March 14, 2023

Last week, thanks to the pressure that the Biden/Harris administration and congressional Democrats have been applying, the largest manufacturer of insulin in the United States, Eli Lilly, made a terrific announcement: They are capping patient costs for their insulin at $35 per month! [1] This...

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Tasmiha Khan

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration

March 10, 2023

Limited time to speak up and protect asylum! Help us stop the asylum ban! The Biden Administration is taking public comments until March 27th on its plan to resurrect a Trump-era asylum ban. We have a very limited window to submit those comments, that’s why we need you to sign our petition NOW!...

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Sue Anne Reed

Health Care

March 9, 2023

This article originally appeared on the Center for Child and Families website and is shared here with the express consent of the organization. Written by: Maggie Clark The pandemic’s continuous coverage protection had a profound effect on health coverage for pregnant women and new mothers, who for...

MomsRising Together

Tasmiha Khan

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Tell Congress: no cuts to Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA!

Health Care

March 7, 2023

Everyone should be able to see a doctor when they get sick. Everyone. After President Biden called out Republicans during the State of the Union about proposing to cut Medicare and Social Security , Republicans relented and agreed not to cut those programs. But now Republican leaders are setting...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

March 3, 2023

Welcome to MOMENTUM: The MomsRising Impact in 2022, a report highlighting the victories, progress, and power-building achieved by the MomsRising community in 2022.

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Kerri Karvetski

Health Care

March 2, 2023

On Wednesday February 22, 2023, we had one of our bigger #WellnessWed chats to date on protecting children and families' health coverage when the public health emergency (PHE) ends. Both national and state partners such as Georgetown CCF, Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition, Children's Hospital...

MomsRising Education Fund

Tasmiha Khan

North Carolina: Love Thy Neighbor, Expand Medicaid

Health Care

February 23, 2023

Last week, the NC House passed HB76 to expand Medicaid to low-income, uninsured adults in North Carolina. After a decade of advocacy and stalemate, North Carolina is getting close to closing the Medicaid coverage gap! MomsRising created a cross-organization storybook to lift up the voices of...

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Felicia Burnett