Health Care

September 1, 2014

No se puede escapar. La conversación sobre la reforma del cuidado de salud está en todos los lugares esta semana. Desde los medios sociales, a las propagandas de la televisión, al periódico – todo el país está murmurando sobre la nueva ley. Ha habido muchas noticias positivas – como el récord de 7...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care

August 31, 2014

Covered California comenzó registrar pacientes el 1ero de Octubre de 2013, con el inicio de cobertura el 1ero de Enero de 2014. Éste fue un periodo emocionante, ya que las comunidades de color representan dos-tercios de los 2,7 millones individuos que podrán tener los requisitos para obtener...

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California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Health Care

August 28, 2014

If you’re feeling some anxiety around the all the transitions, scheduling, and driving that usually accompany a new school year, take a deep breath, pause, and consider the following ideas for a simpler, less stressful school year.

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Renee Trudeau

Health Care

August 27, 2014

The commercials air every holiday season. They’ve featured an adorable little boy trying to make a lunch date with Jennifer Aniston , a giggling mischievous cherub teasing Robin Williams , and another hanging out with Olympic champion snowboarder Shaun White. These kids are cancer patients and...

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Kristine Dworkin

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration

August 26, 2014

Today we celebrate Women’s Equality Day, the anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. It has been almost a century since that historic occasion, and women have made enormous progress toward political and social equality. But when it comes to economic equity,...

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Jodi Sturgeon

Health Care

August 19, 2014

If you received a warning notice in the mail or know you have a data inconsistency with your original marketplace health insurance application, read the below blog post from healthcare.gov and get your paperwork in to the marketplace ASAP by September 5th!

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Jeannina Perez

Health Care

August 11, 2014

See the original blog post at the FamiliesUSA blog by Dee Mahan and Andrea Callow . *************** 24 states have chosen not to accept federal funds that would provide affordable health insurance to more low-income residents by expanding Medicaid. A recent report by the White House Council of...

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Dee Mahan

Health Care

August 8, 2014

Health insurance isn’t always first on a young adult’s mind. But money often is. So parents, what happens when you explain to your grown kid that having health coverage can be key to protecting their purchasing power, in addition to health? Many listen and enroll.

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Christina Postolowski

Health Care

August 8, 2014

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommends that babies be breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months of their lives and that breastfeeding continues for the child’s first year. Unfortunately, a lot of moms who have tried nursing their children can tell you that’s often easier said than done.

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Christine Sinatra

Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work

August 5, 2014

Office Lyndi Trischler is pregnant, lives with her one-year old daughter, and will soon have to move out of an apartment she can no longer afford because she’s been pushed out of her job. This is all because her employer, the City of Florence, Kentucky, will not permit any City employees to work with medical restrictions, unless they have been injured on-the-job.

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