Health Care

March 20, 2012

Happy first day of Spring! Spring break is here or on it's way, the Spring holidays are just around the corner, and with all this Spring merriment comes a host of Spring chores. It's time for spring cleaning! Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user bies This year, why not skip pricey, potentially toxic...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

March 19, 2012

The Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform is proud to join the National Women’s Law Center’s I Will NOT Be Denied™ campaign to educate the public about the benefits of the health care law and what is at stake if it is repealed. We are joining the NWLC in releasing their new campaign...

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Leni Preston

Health Care

March 19, 2012

March 23rd will mark the second anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act. In the time since it first went into effect, this law has improved the lives and health of millions--with many more improvements to come as the law is fully implemented in 2014. At MomsRising, we've heard from...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

March 19, 2012

Even as many of us celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), others are trying to turn back the clock. Have they forgotten that with our former health care system, thousands of Americans were going bankrupt, losing their houses and even...

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Leni Preston

Health Care

March 19, 2012

Two years have passed since the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . In it, provision 4207 stated that employers must provide a place other than a bathroom and reasonable time for women to express their breastmilk during the baby’s first year of life. The Department of Labor’...

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Saray Hill, IBCLC

Health Care

March 19, 2012

On March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. Two years later, we are days away from oral arguments in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court that will decide its fate. These two occasions have prompted us at the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) to pause and take stock of...

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Erin Armstrong

Health Care

March 16, 2012

After years of gains and setbacks, the national movement for same-sex marriage is enjoying a period of remarkable success. Massachusetts and Connecticut became first adopters in 2004 and 2005 and that came after twenty years of advocacy. Turmoil followed, especially in California. But in 2009 three...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

That’s what a Center for Disease Control and Prevention newsletter, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, reported yesterday: 24.6 million Americans suffer from asthma , a 12 percent increase over the last decade. One in every ten children has asthma and the prevalence increases with poverty – 13.5% of...

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Diane Bailey

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

Our society goes to great lengths to protect children’s health, from fancy car seats to an elaborate system of recalls on any faulty children’s products. And why shouldn’t we take extra precautions to protect the most vulnerable among us and our future? Somehow when it comes to protecting children...

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Diane Bailey

Environmental Health Health Care

March 16, 2012

Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the adoption of historic safeguards against mercury and other toxic air pollution which will help to protect our children from increased risk of brain damage, cerebral palsy and other neuro-developmental problems. The Mercury and Air Toxics...

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