Health Care

June 14, 2011

California Health Benefit Exchange Board member Kim Belshe, left, talks to members of the Having Our Say coalition. California Health Benefit Exchange Board member Kim Belshe spoke to members of the Having Our Say (HOS) coalition last week in Sacramento about the implementation of the Affordable...

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Cary Sanders

Health Care

June 13, 2011

By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Staff Attorney, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project June 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's declaration of a "war on drugs" — a war that has cost roughly a trillion dollars, has produced little to no effect on the supply of or demand for drugs in the...

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Roger Baldwin

Health Care

June 10, 2011

At this critical time for California’s safety-net programs, I am honored to have been appointed by Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to serve on the state’s Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB). MRMIB oversees the Healthy Families Program, which provides low-cost health, dental,...

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Ellen Wu

Health Care

June 7, 2011

In 2002, an elderly client of Compassion & Choices , Margaret Furlong, went to the hospital armed with her advance directive, clearly stating she did not want elaborate, life-extending treatment. The hospital delivered those treatments anyway. She spent ten miserable days in the ICU, tethered...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Environmental Health Health Care

June 7, 2011

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Ever since I lost my pregnancy weight running -- I gained between 48 and 50 pounds with each of my two kids -- my friends have been pushing me to run a half marathon. I wanted to do it, but like every other mom out there, I had no time. As a New Year's Resolution, I signed up for...

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Elisa Batista

Health Care

May 31, 2011

Having grown up in a family that could not afford health care, I know how difficult it can be to go to a doctor when you need one. That's one of the reasons I worked on health insurance reform. No person in the United States should go without care when they need it. I remember an afternoon in...

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US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Environmental Health Health Care

May 31, 2011

Memorial Day has come and gone, which means summer is just around the corner. Whether you tan or don’t tan, whether you lounge on tropical beaches or prefer to spend your summer afternoons doing less sun dappled activities, sunscreen is a must. I’m sure you’ve all been dutifully applying sunscreen...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

May 27, 2011

In the first days following my son’s birth, a lactation specialist visited me in the hospital no fewer than five times. I was a confident, mature woman with a lot of life experience but the small bumps in the road to breastfeeding felt insurmountable. The empathetic, knowledgeable help I received...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

May 25, 2011

In the discussion about the national debt, the moral imperative of not saddling our children with debt is frequently heralded. It makes perfect sense that the current generation should find ways to manage finances wisely to avoid such a scenario. It also makes sense that we should make investments...

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Kristen Golden Testa

Health Care

May 24, 2011

Most of us can figure out ways to cutback on our energy consumption to reduce our expenditures at the gas pump but cutting back on health care is a bit trickier. We can’t very well stop our kids from getting sick and even if we could, it wouldn’t impact our premiums – insurers would just pocket the savings. But that’s about to change.

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