Health Care

July 17, 2017

The current Medicaid program offers essential resources for low-income women and their children, including screenings for postpartum depression, and check-ups. These benefits help babies surivive and mothers thrive. Anything less than these offerings is both shockingly cruel and counterproductive...

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Ebonee Rice

Health Care Politics & Policy

July 17, 2017

Below is the story submitted by PA MomsRising member Devalina I'd like to share a personal story of how the new proposed Senate Bill (BCRA) would directly affect my family and hurt others in the Bleeding Disorders Community. Our son Zeke, was born with a chronic illness called Hemophilia last March...

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S. Nadia Hussain

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Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave

July 14, 2017

I’m from wild and wonderful West Virginia. It’s a state known for its rugged, natural beauty. Unfortunately, it’s also known for being one of the states hardest hit by the opioid crisis . I know that solving the opioid crisis is not an easy fix. I also know that right now there are two things...

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Ruth Martin

Health Care

July 14, 2017

American's healthcare system has utilized Medicaid since 1965. In recent times, it has transitioned from an insurance benefit for Americans getting financial assistance to a much larger group, including pregnant women, persons with disabilities and low-income families. Medicaid is currently under...

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Ebonee Rice

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care Politics & Policy

July 14, 2017

Even though it's summer, we can't take a break from speaking out on important issues that matter to parents and families -- like healthcare, gun safety, and net neutrality. We resist, and we persist. Guess what? It's working! Voices like yours have successfully stalled the very-bad Senate...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Politics & Policy

July 14, 2017

I learned my first lessons about injustice and health as a little Black girl growing up in segregated Bennettsville, South Carolina. I remember my parents’ and my sadness over the senseless death of little Johnny Harrington, who lived three houses down from our church who died before he reached 10...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Health Care

July 13, 2017

The moms of America urge every U.S. Senator to vote ‘no’ on gutting our nation’s health care. The revised U.S. Senate Republican health care bill is just as much of a disgrace as its failed first draft. If passed, the Better Care Reconciliation Act would be devastating for moms, children, families...

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Health Care

July 13, 2017

No one who is healthy wants to believe they will get sick. No one expects to get cancer, or renal failure, or into a car accident. No one tries to become the victim of a heart attack, or a terrorist attack, mental illness. No one believes that they will become addicted, or that their baby will be...

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Nancer Ballard

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

July 12, 2017

It’s a good thing moms are excellent multi-taskers because while we are out fighting to protect our families’ access to health care, President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress are busy writing a tax plan that will hand out massive tax breaks to millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy...

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Elyssa Schmier

Health Care MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

July 12, 2017

Quality, affordable healthcare coverage is incredibly important to families in the U.S. MomsRising has recieved thousands of messages from our volunteers with stories about why the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare matter for the health of their families. This #...

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