Health Care

May 16, 2014

After signing a bill to outlaw the shackling of women in labor, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick told the packed room, “It blows my mind that I have to sign a law for that.”

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Rachel Roth

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

May 16, 2014

I'm a mom, a stay-at-home mom, with ADD.

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Stephanie Lormand

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

May 15, 2014

It was shortly after my 41st birthday, and only 6 months after a clean mammogram, that I felt a lump while doing a routine self-exam in the shower. I was familiar enough with my body to know that something felt wrong, and sure enough, my doctor confirmed it with those devastating words – I had breast cancer.

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

May 15, 2014

Health and fitness advice from an Olympic champion in swimming? With three pre-teenage children, full-time employment, and a frequently-traveling husband, I too find it hard to make sports and fitness a priority.

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Nancy Hogshead-Makar

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

May 15, 2014

Moms’ health matters because their family depends on them. That’s the overwhelming sentiment received from our Facebook and Twitter followers.

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Sarah Ingersoll

Nat'l Women's Health Week

Health Care

May 15, 2014

Every Tuesday, I try to write something I learn or take away from raising kids with disabilities. This week, it’s a little more closer to home, in that I’m thinking about how raising my children has directly changed my life.

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Gina Badalaty

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 15, 2014

Recently, CMS released 2012 rates of participation for children in Medicaid and CHIP. For the last few years, our friends at the Urban Institute have been calculating them.

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Karina Wagnerman

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

As a school nurse, I remember overhearing a cashier at my local grocery store sharing with a colleague that her child was sick with asthma and spring allergies, but she did not have health insurance for him, so could not take him to a healthcare provider. In my purse was an application for the...

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Donna Mazyck

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

There are well-known reasons why promoting enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) makes sense for cities, but it isn’t just about better health outcomes—it’s also about financial empowerment . Just one medical emergency can bankrupt a family and cause devastating...

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Dawn Schluckebier

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 12, 2014

Being a mother changes everything. Before you become a mother, people try to explain what that means – no sleep, no privacy (bathrooms seem to have an open door policy in my house), and your fashion sense goes out the window! The thing is, you can’t really know what it means until you are face to...

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