Health Care

May 12, 2014

Many American families are having a hard time these days. The cost of housing, child care and other living expenses are rising, and benefits and wages aren’t keeping pace. It’s no wonder that 1.6 million kids are homeless and we are seeing more families and children calling home a place that’s...

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Barbara DiPietro

Blog Carnivals Health Care

May 11, 2014

As I celebrate Mother’s Day, I think of all the great things my mother passed on to me—life lessons, acts of love and sacrifice, and words of encouragement and wisdom. But there’s something else she passed on to me, which I know she wishes she could take back. Without knowing, my mother passed on...

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Su Wang, MD MPH

Environmental Health Food! Health Care Politics & Policy

May 9, 2014

When problems seem overwhelming for our children, we remind them to take things “one day at time.” Amazingly, their problems often don’t seem so big or so overwhelming anymore. may20DoA.jpg On May 20, 2014, you and your family can join me and my family and thousands of other folks around the world...

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Harriet Shugarman

Health Care Politics & Policy

May 8, 2014

Minnesota will soon join the other 19 states that have adopted laws to limit the shackling of pregnant women in prison.

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Rachel Roth

Health Care

May 7, 2014

Wondering why you had to pay for birth control recently when you thought it would be free?

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Jeannina Perez

Health Care

May 5, 2014

Using new coverage for the first time can be daunting—but don’t worry! Here’s a list of 10 things to know about using your health coverage.

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Jeannina Perez

Health Care

May 2, 2014

The Florida legislative session ends today without a clear resolution for Medicaid expansion. In response to the silence from those representing us, healthcare activists stood together this morning in order to bring their voices as one and ask Governor Rick Scott and our legislators to find a...

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Sili Recio

Health Care

April 29, 2014

California has been a health reform trailblazer, enrolling over 1.3 million individuals in Covered California and 1.9 million people through Medi-Cal as of April 15. Missing from this picture, however, are the estimated one million children and families who remain uninsured and ineligible for...

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Wendy Lazarus

Health Care

April 25, 2014

Maryland is now the 19th state with a law against shackling pregnant women.

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Rachel Roth

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

April 22, 2014

By Leslie Kantor, Vice President of Education, Planned Parenthood Federation of America If your teen is anything like mine, it can be nearly impossible to get him away from his phone! Knowing that it’s such an integral part of their lives, and that teens want to get information on their phones from...

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