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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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Health Care Politics & Policy

Quick signature: Tell congress to increase funding for HCBS!

07/13/21
We need to improve our long-term care system to enable kids and people with disabilities, as well as older adults, to live safely at home and thrive in their communities. Tell Congress to make expansion of Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) a priority.
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to close the health coverage gap!

06/24/21
The fight against expanding health coverage is alive and well. In over a dozen states, legislatures have refuse the expansion of health care to low-income uninsured adults. We need a federal solution to help these adults get the health coverage they need.
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3 Things You Can Do TODAY to Encourage Congress to Pass the Budget Reconciliation Package

10/21/21
Call. Tweet. Sign!
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Health Care Maternal Justice

Quick signature: Tell Congress that everyone deserves to have health care coverage!

10/19/21
There are still 12 states that have refused to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act. The majority of the over 2 million people who are currently in this “coverage gap” in these states are people of color. Tell your members of Congress to pass a federal solution to close the Medicaid coverage gap!
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Health Care Maternal Justice

Quick signature to support health care in the Build Back Better plan!

09/22/21
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the inequities and shortcomings of our nation’s health care system, with communities of color, people with disabilities, people who are older, and people who are low income being hit disproportionately hard. Tell Congress to make health care more equitable, accessible, and affordable!
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ICYMI: A Message From Grandma in Florida

09/17/21
At MomsRising, we share stories to make change, to show lawmakers the real impacts of laws and policies. A push. And we share stories in solidarity with other women, moms and family members, so that we can feel less alone in our struggles. A release. The content that caught our eye this week features stories that push AND release. Scroll down and witness them, too.
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Quick signature: Tell Governors to stop playing COVID politics with our kids’ health!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/19649/?source=action">Quick signature: Tell Governors to stop playing COVID politics with our kids’ health!</a>

We are worried about our children’s education and we are outraged by governors playing COVID politics with our children’s health!

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Tell Governors to Stop Playing COVID Politics with Our Kids’ Health!

Quick signature: Tell Congress to increase funding for Home- and Community-Based Services!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/18076/?source=action">Quick signature: Tell Congress to increase funding for Home- and Community-Based Services!</a>

People with disabilities should be able to live at home.

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Quick signature: Tell Congress to increase funding for Home- and Community-Based Services!

Quick signature: Tell Congress to close the health coverage gap!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/17689/?source=action">Quick signature: Tell Congress to close the health coverage gap!</a>

We need a federal solution to close the health coverage gap for people in states that refuse to expand Medicaid.

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Quick signature: Tell Congress to close the health coverage gap!

Take action: Congress must confront rising drug prices!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/18198/?source=action">Take action: Congress must confront rising drug prices!</a>

Quick signature: Tell Congress to take action to lower prescription drug prices.

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