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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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Top #5Actions of the Past Week: Friday, June 11, 2021

06/11/21
Summer is here, and we are excited today to launch our new summer postcards for change campaign as one of this week’s #5actions!
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Nate White
Food! Health Care

Community Program Teaches D.C. Residents How to Be Their Own Best Advocates

05/26/21
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And if by chance there isn’t a way, there’s Beatrice Evans.
MomsRising Education Fund
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Stephanie Vaughn
Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: Friday, May 14, 2021

05/14/21
Everything is strange this year, including tax day, which has been moved to May 17th due to the pandemic. But don’t worry, we have some actions to get you excited about taxes!
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Sue Anne Reed
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Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

Support the EACH Act and Reproductive Justice for All

05/14/21
No matter how we feel about abortion, politicians shouldn’t be allowed to deny someone health coverage for it just because they are struggling financially. The EACH Act will guarantee coverage for abortion without restrictions based on how much money we have, how we are insured, or where we live.
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Diarra Aida Diouf
Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

Trans rights are human rights.

05/14/21
It’s only April, yet already in 2021 more than thirty states have introduced anti-trans laws that endanger the lives of trans youth. We must ensure trans and LGBTQ youth have access to healthcare in every state.
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Diarra Aida Diouf
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Health Care

Seven Years of Lyme

05/13/21
I'm not a layperson. I wasn't lost in the healthcare system. I know healthcare from the inside out. I have been a nurse for 17 years. I researched every doctor before scheduling an appointment. I prepared a list of questions and concerns for each doctor's visit. Yet the outcome was the same as any other patient's story that results in misdiagnosis.
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Gabriela Wijegunawardena

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Quick signature! Tell Congress to lower drug prices!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17013/?source=action">Quick signature! Tell Congress to lower drug prices!</a>

Prescription drug prices are continuing to rise and many families are struggling to afford life-saving prescriptions.

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Quick signature! Tell Congress to lower drug prices!

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!

Support the EACH Act and Reproductive Justice for All!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/14818/?source=action">Support the EACH Act and Reproductive Justice for All!</a>

The EACH Act will ensure that harmful bans on abortion, like the Hyde Amendment, will be overturned. We’re envisioning a ? with #AbortionJustice where we make the best decisions for ourselves & our families & where our communities thrive. The EACH Act helps us get there.

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SIGN NOW: End Hyde, Support Reproductive & Abortion Justice!

What questions do you have about the COVID-19 vaccines?

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17204/?source=action">What questions do you have about the COVID-19 vaccines?</a>

We are working to better understand what questions and concerns families have about the COVID-19 vaccines.

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What questions do you have about the COVID-19 vaccines?

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