Health Care

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

September 8, 2017

“In this dark day of discontent So many feel despair As poverty and dissidence Cause sadness everywhere.” On May 11, 1997 Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) began his remarks at a Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) conference with the lyrics above from “Freedom’s Light,” a song written by Senator...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Health Care

September 8, 2017

Wouldn’t it be great if there were something members of Congress could agree on?! Well, believe it or not… THERE IS!!! But it needs a little push from you to get going. We’ve got a hugely popular, bipartisan issue that Congress can get done ASAP: Extending the hugely successful, life-saving...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care Maternal Justice

September 8, 2017

This piece is published in partnership with Echoing Ida, a Forward Together Program. In a room filled with bright lights, Janeal entered her active stage of labor. With each contraction, she yelled and screamed. I held her hand and reminded her to breathe. Her hands were warm and soft. This was her...

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Ruth Jeannoel

Health Care

September 8, 2017

When my husband and I recited our wedding vows to one another, we said “for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.” We didn’t realize that later on in our marriage, those vows would be put to the test, all at once no less. We were your typical optimistic newlyweds, and...

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Heather Von St. James

Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

September 5, 2017

The Affordable Care Act’s mandate that Marketplace plans and all new private insurance plans , from 2012 on, cover birth control without requiring a copay or coinsurance is a critical component of the health care legislation. This mandate has made it possible for women to obtain highly effective...

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Isabella Higgins

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

September 3, 2017

Dear friends: It's another big week. Hurricane Harvey has brought widespread devastation to millions of people and businesses. And rumors are that President Trump is planning to repeal DACA - the program that protects over 800,000 DREAMers - any day. At times like these we need to stand together...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

September 3, 2017

August and September mean back to school in my house and in many others throughout the country. In preparation, we went through the annual rituals of gathering supplies, assessing clothing needs and the adjustment of bedtime for everyone in the house as we tried to get our bodies, as well as our...

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Rylin Rodgers

Family Economic Security Health Care

September 1, 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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Isabella Higgins

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Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

September 1, 2017

Maria Solis, a 28-year-old pregnant mother of three who is married to a US citizen, has spent over four weeks at Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, California, where she fears miscarrying due to a lack of access to the prenatal care she needs. Detaining her during her immigration proceeding...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

Health Care

September 1, 2017

Slashing funding for the advertising that drives consumers to the health insurance marketplace by 90 percent and gutting funding for the navigators who help people purchase insurance plans is a flagrant attempt to drive down enrollment and to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If it stands,...

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