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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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Let's Pass Single-Payer and End Medical Bankruptcy Now

05/28/20
Forced into medical bankruptcy by her husband's medical bills in 2009, the author says that the COVID-19 pandemic creates an opening to finally pass single-payer healthcare.
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Claire Yurdin
Tell the Senate: Tax cuts for working families, not millionaires!
Families & The Federal Budget Health Care MomsVote

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: May 22, 2020

05/22/20
Greetings. We hope your week has gone as well as possible, and you'll have some time to relax and recharge this weekend. We're sharing our latest list of top actions from the past week, featuring important items on taxes, healthcare, and SNAP. You can also sign up to mail postcards encouraging moms...
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Karen Showalter
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If her sister had access to health insurance, she may still be with us.

05/20/20
"My sister developed cervical cancer in 2007. She went months without telling anyone or getting it checked out because she and her husband had no health insurance. By the time she sought treatment, when her husband realized what was going on, it was rather large and she required extensive radiation 5 days per week for 6 weeks.
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Felicia Burnett
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsVote

THIS TUES: Add your voice to the next COVID-19 stimulus!

05/17/20
Tell your U.S. Senators: Pass the HEROES Act quickly! Right now is not the time for U.S. Senate to stall-- millions of Americans are faced with both financial and healthcare burdens and require immediate relief.
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Diarra Aida Diouf
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Quick signature: COVID-19 shows why we need health care!

05/14/20
No matter where we come from, or what our color, all of us should be able to access health care when we get sick. Now more than ever, the COVID-19 crisis has shown us that our health depends on the person next to us, and the person next to them. Ensuring that we all can access health care is how we...
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Felicia Burnett
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We’re in the Same Storm But Not All In the Same Boat: A Mother’s Day Like No Other

05/08/20
This Mother’s Day, America’s moms are demanding that lawmakers listen to our concerns and priorities, and address them now.
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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!

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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