Health Care

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Shana with Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

November 21, 2025

Our Wisconsin member Shana Verstegen shared a testimony at a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing titled “Assessing the Damage Done by Obamacare” . As a fitness professional, athlete, coach, entrepreneur, and mother, Shana shares how...

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Hanna Addis

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Ashley shared a testimony at a Steering and Policy Hearing on Healthcare and SNAP

Food! Health Care

November 21, 2025

Our Texas member and a mother of three children Ashley Gooden-Stewart shared a testimony at a Steering and Policy Hearing on Healthcare and SNAP . When Ashley’s middle child was born, she was laid off from her job. Because child care is not affordable or accessible, she’s struggled to maintain...

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Hanna Addis

Health Care

November 19, 2025

Finally! The longest ever government shutdown in U.S. history is over and we survived it... Barely. Well, what’s next? ‘Tis the season for open enrollment in health care! The very special (read: anxious) time of year when we’re all choosing health insurance plans and figuring out our premiums. That...

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Diarra Diouf

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

November 19, 2025

The shutdown may have ended, but the impact it made on families is still very real. While leaders may claim business-as-casual, we know better. We know who felt the ripple effects the most: Caregivers, essential workers, moms, and women. Specifically, Native American women, who have carried the...

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Diarra Diouf

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Health Care

November 18, 2025

Republican leaders in Congress and billionaires alike are all about tax credits that make them richer. But they refuse to take action to extend tax credits that make health care affordable for everyday, working families. What!? Quick signature: Lower health care costs and make the ACA premium tax...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsRising Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy

November 10, 2025

On the radio show this week we dive into the freedom of speech, the constitutional crisis we find ourselves in, and the role of public schools in defending our democracy. We hear about the rising costs of afterschool care and how to advocate for these programs to your lawmakers. We cover the...

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Family Economic Security Health Care MomsVote

November 6, 2025

In case you missed it: MomsRising October Community Meeting During our time together, we talked about what’s really going on with the government shutdown and how Republicans in Congress’ reckless decisions have pushed our health care system into a full-on crisis. When Republicans cut $1 trillion...

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Sue Anne Reed

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

October 31, 2025

Las madres no deberíamos tener que mantener a la nación unida con las manos vacías. Sin embargo, nos encontramos en medio de un gobierno que ha sumido a las familias en el caos. Se están recortando los beneficios de SNAP; familias en varios estados están perdiendo el cuidado infantil a medida que...

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Tina Sherman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Maternal Justice Military Families Parenting & Families

October 31, 2025

We moms shouldn’t have to hold the nation together on empty. Yet here we are in the middle of a government shutdown that has thrown families into chaos. SNAP benefits are being cut; air traffic controllers, military school teachers, families in several states are losing child care as Head Start...

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Tina Sherman

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Health Care

October 29, 2025

These days, it seems like the cost of everything is going up—from the grocery store to the gas pump. The last thing people can afford right now is more expensive health care. Take action NOW by writing a letter to the editor to tell Republican leaders in Congress: Stop the health care heist! *Don’t...

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Felicia Burnett