Health Care

March 13, 2014

I’m a MomsRising member from Fort Worth, Texas. I recently graduated with a PhD in History and teach a full load of courses as an adjunct professor. I love my job, but being an adjunct faculty member also means that I don’t get health coverage from my employer. Not having health coverage isn’t an...

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Jensen Branscombe

Health Care

March 12, 2014

It is undisputed that the early days of open enrollment on the Healthcare.gov website were problematic, but there were a ‘fortunate few’ who made it through, and I was one of them. I’d been waiting for October 1st, 2013, like a kid at Christmas. After a few attempts, I was enrolled for the first...

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Pamela John

Environmental Health Health Care

March 7, 2014

Civil rights. The environment. The close of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. These are just a few of the topics that were addressed on the MomsRising blog this past week, and here are some of the posts that we love. Please share these posts on social media with friends and family, and join the...

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Connie K. Ho

Health Care

March 6, 2014

In the buzz about Oscars, Emmys and ESPYs, let's not forget the award categories for individuals who wind up in the ER. A few years back, I won "The Bonehead" award for not just one, but two trips to the ER after cutting my finger, and then my thumb, in a series of misplaced efforts to slice bagels...

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Roberta Riley

Health Care

March 4, 2014

Saturday was a busy day for Doctors for America and MomsRising was happy to assist! They kicked off their "Coverage is Good Medicine" tour across Florida to raise awareness for the new health benefits available through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as we round the corner towards the end of the...

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Sili Recio

Health Care

March 3, 2014

THE DAYS ARE GETTING LONGER at Sanford’s Farm and that’s a good thing. For organic farmer, Jeremy and his young family, a work day is not just 9 to 5. If there’s enough light to work in, then there’s work to be done. Sanford’s Farm, situated 20 miles from Mount Rainier as the crow flies, is 29...

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Julie Gonzales-Corbin

Health Care Food!

March 1, 2014

Every mother has a story about the beginnings of her child’s life. Many of them are joyful, some are heartbreaking, but all of them are important. And almost all of them will have at least one thing in common: the desire to give their child the absolute best start to life. Our instincts as moms to...

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Lucy Sullivan

Health Care

February 23, 2014

This cartoon was inspired by a conversation with a colleague of mine, a really great person. Unfortunately, he had gotten most of his info about the ACA from a certain animal named news source. I shared my story about getting affordable health coverage and told him the truth about how the ACA is...

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Paulette Rich Long

Health Care

February 20, 2014

I'm a MomsRising member from San Diego who is a college professor working four part-time jobs that don’t offer health coverage. For more than a year, I spent every moment terrified and ridden with anxiety. Unable to get private coverage because of a pre-existing condition, I worried daily about...

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Somer Meade

Environmental Health Health Care

February 20, 2014

As you may remember, Smart on Pesticides Maryland has been trying very hard to advocate for pesticide reporting in Maryland and we’ve made some great progress. Recently, a state legislative workgroup determined that there are data gaps in pesticide use – particularly related to where, when and the...

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