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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.

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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Review the Week: Voting, Texting Congress, and Protecting Health Care [Oct. 2, 2020]

10/02/20
ICYMI: Voting is top of mind for our members this week -- the election is 32 DAYS AWAY! Check out these MomsVote posts, plus other opportunties to ignite democracy and make the world a better place for moms and families, that you loved, liked, shared or might have missed for the week ending Oct. 2...
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Kerri Karvetski
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[VIDEO] Chanel in Colorado shares why health care is important to her

10/01/20
MomsRising collects stories from our members all across the U.S. about how health care policies are impacting families. Here is a powerful story about the need to make sure everyone has access to quality, affordable health care from a MomsRising volunteer, Chanel, in Colorado: Does your family have...
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Felicia Burnett
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[VIDEO] Robin in Colorado shares why health care is important to her

10/01/20
MomsRising collects stories from our members all across the U.S. about how health care policies are impacting families. Here is a powerful story about the need to make sure everyone has access to quality, affordable health care from a MomsRising volunteer, Robin, in Colorado: Does your family have...
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Felicia Burnett
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Review the Week: Ruthless, We Rise [Sept. 25, 2020]

09/24/20
ICYMI: This week we mourn the tremendous loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, stand with the family and loved ones of Breonna Taylor in calling for justice, and rise to make this country a more just place for women and families. Check out this the content you loved, liked, shared or might have...
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Kerri Karvetski
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I Got Involved for My Son Javi

09/23/20
The year my son Javier turned two, he and I spent a huge amount of time traveling around North Carolina and speaking to anyone who would listen about his healthcare needs. Javi has Down syndrome, and along with that he has many co-occuring conditions, including two holes in his heart, kidney and...
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18 mamás de Washington que están cambiando nuestro mundo

09/15/20
Ser madre significa transformar. Todos los días las mamás crean un futuro más justo para todos nosotros a través de pequeñas y grandes acciones por igual –ya sea ayudando a un infante que está en medio de una pataleta a comprender sus sentimientos o abogando por su comunidad ante sus líderes...
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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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Quick signature: COVID-19 shows why we all need health care!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/13493/?source=action">Quick signature: COVID-19 shows why we all need health care!</a>

No matter where we come from, or what our color, all of us should be able to access health care when we get sick.

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Quick signature: COVID-19 shows why we all need health care!

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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