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Access to health care coverage is a lifesaver for families and our economy. We are working to ensure every family has access to quality affordable health care coverage because no one should have to choose between paying for groceries or housing and paying their medical bills. Whether you’ve struggled to pay for your insulin or have been impacted from COVID-19, everyone should have access to quality and affordable healthcare.

People are often surprised to hear that even a physician can end up on Medicaid...but I’m a great example that it can happen to anyone. I’m 32 years old, married, with two small children and I am a family physician. In January of this year, right at the beginning of a new plan year and new...Read more
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Tell your Senator to vote YES on the Inflation Reduction Act!
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QUICK SIGN! Tell Congress to Vote YES on the Inflation Reduction Act!

08/04/22
Finally, some great news! The U.S. Senate has come to an agreement on a bill that will rein in Big Pharma’s price gouging, help millions of people keep their health insurance, tax mega-corporations, and lower carbon emissions. Quick signature: Tell your U.S. Senators to support the Inflation...
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Felicia Burnett
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We’ve added onto President Biden’s Executive Orders.

08/03/22
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade took effect, we’ve been doing everything we can to secure our reproductive rights for every single person, in every single state. Their decision reversed our right at the national level to choose when, and if, we want to have children...
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Urgent action needed to support health equity and care in reconciliation!

07/28/22
"South Carolina, where I live, has refused to expand Medicaid coverage and I volunteer in my church's outreach program. Our clients need medical care and can't afford it. There is very little help for them. If we had expanded Medicaid, they would be in much better health and some could even go back...
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Felicia Burnett
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Happy 25 to CHIP!

08/04/22
We are so ecstatic to celebrate the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)’s 25th anniversary! CHIP is a federal/state partnership program that helps insure kids in all fifty states. Making sure our children have health insurance ensures that we always give our kids a winning hand of lifelong...
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Important: Changes Coming to Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility

07/26/22
By the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Do you or a family member currently have health coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ? If so, you may soon need to take steps to find out if you can continue your coverage. Soon, states will resume Medicaid...
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Felicia Burnett
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Abortion access emergency - More steps for you!

06/30/22
As you know, this very moment is critical in the fight to secure access to abortion and reproductive care – and we need to keep the pressure on! Here are three more actions to take: 1- HELP BUILD THE MOVEMENT TO ENSURE ACCESS TO ABORTION CARE: Share our petition on social media, via email, and any...
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TELL YOUR U.S. SENATORS: In the face of Omicron, families need the CTC, Paid Leave, Home Care and Child Care!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/21914/?source=action">TELL YOUR U.S. SENATORS: In the face of Omicron, families need the CTC, Paid Leave, Home Care and Child Care!</a>

Just as families need support the most, monthly Child Tax Credit payments ended in December because Joe Manchin and the Republican Senators refused to pass Build Back Better. With Omicron raging, it's more important than ever to pass BBB to make child care and elder care affordable, guarantee paid family and medical leave, lower the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs, make healthcare more affordable, and more.

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Omicron is Raging, Families Need Support - Tell the U.S. Senate Families Need them to ACT

Quick signature to let Congress know what we need in the Build Back Better plan!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/20521/?source=action">Quick signature to let Congress know what we need in the Build Back Better plan!</a>

Tell Congress to make health care a priority!

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Quick signature to let Washington state lawmakers know what we need in the Build Back Better plan!

Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/20809/?source=action">Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!</a>

The historic, much-needed investments in the Build Back Better package, including paid family / medical leave, childcare, home- and community-based services, the Child Tax Credit, addressing equity in maternal health, healthcare, and immigration reform, will be transformative for moms, women, and families.

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Tell Congress: Pass Build Back Better NOW!

Urge Congress to support critical funding for maternal mental health!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17134/?source=action">Urge Congress to support critical funding for maternal mental health! </a>

Add your name to our letter calling on Congress to ensure that all moms have access to the mental health resources they need

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Urge Congress to support critical funding for maternal mental health!

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