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Urge CA Legislators to Pass the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act!

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.

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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Childcare & Early Education Food! Health Care Immigration

Know Your Rights! Facts on health & nutrition for immigrants

11/19/19
The Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) Campaign is dedicated to protecting immigrants and their families’ access to health care, nutrition programs, public services and economic supports. This month we’ve published three new community education resources to give communities the information they...
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Kat Lundie
Medicaid Helps Families Weather The Storm
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Parents in North Carolina Can't Wait for Health Care

11/04/19
More than half a million North Carolinians—many who are parents—can’t see a doctor when they need one because reliable health insurance is out of reach. Yet, the NC legislative session just ended without expanding Medicaid. What-is-the-Gap.jpg Across North Carolina, thousands of low-income families...
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Felicia Burnett
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Zombies, vampires & the U.S. Senate's legislative graveyard

10/30/19
Halloween is especially scary this year. Not because of the neighbor’s zombie decorations – and certainly not because of all the (adorable) miniature vampires at your door for candy. Nope. This year, Halloween is off-the-charts frightening because of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s LEGISLATIVE GRAVEYARD that is actively harming women, working families, the LGBTQ+ community, the immigrant community, and our democracy.
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Sara Alcid
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Speak out to protect our right to choose!

10/30/19
When I was 17, I was looking forward to escaping high school and going to college when I unintentionally got pregnant. I had an abortion. Twenty years later, I became a mom. In that time, I didn’t just build a career and create a stable home—I found spiritual grounding as a Buddhist. I volunteered...
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Ruby Sinreich
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All New #RisersRadio: Direct From D.C.

10/29/19
This week on an all new #BreakingThrough we are LIVE and direct from Washington, D.C. !! We’re discussing BIG ideas for big solutions to help move our nation forward. We’ll also be discussing what’s going on in regard to healthcare and learn about some new organizing strategies. *Special guests...
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Amber Dorsey
Health Care Maternal Justice

October #MaternalJustice Tweetchat!

10/25/19
On Monday, October 28th at 8pm EST , join our #MaternalJustice tweetchat where we'll discuss why and how the HYDE amendment negatively impacts Black mothers and communities of color. A national survey, conducted by All* Above All and conducted by Hart Research Associates found that, "African...
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Diarra Diouf

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Tell the Trump Administration: Stop sabotaging our health care system!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/6792/?source=action">Tell the Trump Administration: Stop sabotaging our health care system!</a>

President Trump has been subverting the democratic process and working to reverse the progress and gains we’ve made on health care coverage in recent years every chance he gets.

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Tell the Trump Administration to stop sabotaging our health care system!

Urge CA Legislators to Pass the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/10689/?source=action">Urge CA Legislators to Pass the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act!</a>

Urge CA lawmakers to prioritize the health and lives of Black mothers in our state by supporting the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.

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Urge CA Legislators to Pass the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act!

Share your SNAP and Medicaid experience with MomsRising!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/6559/?source=action">Share your SNAP and Medicaid experience with MomsRising!</a>

MomsRising wants to hear from YOU about how work-related requirements in order to access SNAP, Medicaid, and housing assistance would affect your family now or when you were on the programs in the past. Tell us your story!

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Your voice is needed! Share your SNAP & Medicaid experiences with MomsRising!

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