Health Care

July 7, 2011

As part of the ongoing budget negotiations, the Obama Administration recently signaled that it would accept tens of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. Administration officials have indicated a willingness to accept a $100 billion or more reduction in Medicaid spending over 10...

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J. Mijin Cha

Environmental Health Health Care

July 5, 2011

Hey...DIY projects are fun. I love the thought of making all of my own cosmetics and cleaning supplies. I also love the thought of having perfect hair every day and a super organized schedule and a unicorn. We all know the feeling of there just not being enough hours in the day; meanwhile, we all...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

June 28, 2011

When people find out that I write about environmental health, they immediately have questions: What kind of baby bottles are the safest? Is it true what my friend told me about chemicals in sunscreen? And, how can I possibly afford to replace everything in my house with organic and non-toxic items...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

June 27, 2011

Once upon a time, in a tropical land called Northern Virginia in July, I was a waitress. Waiting tables came with its fair share of health effects: Aching feet, sunburned skin, and restless nights studded with telltale server nightmares about forgotten tables and fuming customers. Surprisingly, the...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

June 27, 2011

Have you ever wondered how your favorite cleaner gets that pine forest scent? Or the lemon-fresh smell that we associate with “clean”? It turns out that the fragrance in your cleaning product is actually made up of hundreds of synthetic chemicals, which may be impacting your health. We’d like to...

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Cassidy Randall

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

June 21, 2011

No one would argue that former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had a passion for women’s . . . issues. But throughout his seven-year tenure, Arnold never made a serious and sustained effort to terminate the state’s Commission on the Status of Women. Let’s be real – it was sheer political...

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Kate Karpilow

Environmental Health Health Care

June 21, 2011

When I think about fire safety, I think about cartoons. Stick with me here. Every Saturday morning, half awake over bowls of cereal, my sister and I watched hours of Saturday morning cartoons. These blocks of animated programming were laced with PSAs preaching the importance of fire safety: Stop...

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Claire Moshenberg

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care

June 20, 2011

As advocates for deep change know, big success is often preceded by small incremental changes that may go unnoticed by the general public. It seems the effort to stop fast food companies from hawking toys to kids is gaining ground. I was watching Friday Night Lights recently (a great show if I don’...

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Susan Linn

Health Care

June 18, 2011

Summer is heating up and so are the politics in Washington. Right now, Congress is debating how to reduce the deficit. Well-heeled lobbyists representing big business and the very wealthy are descending on Washington, D.C. in full force to make sure that their corporate subsidies and tax cuts don't...

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Ashley Boyd

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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