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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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Votes And Laws Not Thoughts And Prayers

06/18/19
We have a brand new episode of our Breaking Through podcast this week and we are excited to discuss it with you! We'll cover how healthcare is under attack and the many ways in which you can fight back. We'll also discuss the fight for gun safety and Virginia. Along with our special guests we'll...
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Amber Dorsey
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Disaggregate the Data to Approach Health Equity for AAPI Peoples

06/14/19
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage month is an opportunity to focus on the many contributions these communities have made to build our nation over the generations, and their continued role in our future prosperity. With more than 22 million Asian American (AAs) Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) people living in the US, it is also an important time to improve our understanding of the incredible diversity that exists within this community.
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Sinsi Hernández-Cancio
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Abortion is More Complicated Than A Sound Bite

05/30/19
As Alabama was passing its total abortion ban, a friend posted a CNN clip that I didn’t watch in which a guest or the anchor seemed to imply that a fetus was akin to an organ in a woman’s body that she might choose do with as she pleases. My friend posed the following question with this post: “Will...
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#GoodNews This Week: Paid Leave in NC, VoteRunLead, & More!

05/24/19
VICTORY IN NC! State employees of any North Carolina department, agency, board or commission under the oversight of the Governor can access up to eight weeks of paid parental leave after giving birth or four weeks of paid parental leave after a partner gives birth or to bond with and care for a...
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Anita Sarah Jackson
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Supporting Mothers of Color with Culturally Relevant Mental Health Services

05/24/19
My mother was diagnosed with a mental illness years after arriving in the United States from Sri Lanka. Some of the doctors she saw believe her illness began as postpartum (maternal) depression that was unrecognized and undiagnosed years earlier. Since her diagnosis 30 years ago, my father and I...
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Top #5Actions of the Past Week: May 24, 2019

05/24/19
We're back with this week's list of top #5Actions from the past week, featuring hot items around defending a woman's right to choose, demanding justice for Eric Garner, Delrawn Small and Tamir Rice, and speaking up for child nutrition programs and pregnant workers. Your voice is urgently needed;...
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Urge CA Legislators to Pass the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/10689/">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!

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

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/6792/">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!

Share your SNAP and Medicaid experience with MomsRising!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/6559/">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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