Health Care

March 23, 2011

Two weeks ago, the House of Representatives voted to go backwards by supporting repeal of the health reform bill that President Obama signed into law nearly a year ago. The new health reform law bars insurance companies from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, or dropping people...

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Jeff Merkley

Health Care

March 23, 2011

A big thank you to MomsRising for sharing Susan and Gertrude’s stories about how their families are struggling with health care costs and coverage, and how they benefitted from the young adult coverage in the new law. Unfortunately, it pains me to say, they’re not alone. This is why I proudly...

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Robert Menendez

Health Care

March 23, 2011

Mi hijo de 21 años de edad tuvo que tomar un año fuera de la universidad para poder pagar el préstamo estudiantil de su primer año de estudios. Trabaja a tiempo completo con una pequeña compañía. Él no puede pagar por si mismo su cuidado de salud y mi esposo y yo no podíamos pagárselo tampoco. Pero...

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Tracy Muñoz

Health Care

March 23, 2011

I have several chronic conditions, all of which are wildly expensive, including Type 1 diabetes since age 10. I have lived my whole adult life in fear of benefit caps, sudden coverage drops, randomly denied claims from people at my insurance company who have no medical knowledge – and as a person...

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Jasmine from Oklahoma

Health Care

March 23, 2011

Mi nombre es Magdalena y soy la madre de una niña hermosa de 6 años de edad llamada Paloma. Cuando tenía 2 años de edad, Paloma fue diagnosticada con autismo severo. Han sido cuatro años de lucha física, emocional y financiera. Nuestra familia ha sido confrontada con la tarea intensa de encontrar...

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Magdalena Clark

Environmental Health Health Care

March 23, 2011

As we learned from the BP oil disaster, the full cost of an oil spill is more than the price of some boom and a good PR person. It also includes lost income from local fishermen, health care for children who inhale dispersants, and long term testing of both marine life and human life. Oil spills happen in the Gulf of Mexico all the time, but it isn’t everyday that people pay attention. It’s time we start. It’s time we stop having to react to environmental disasters. It’s time we start building a more sustainable economy, creating a safer energy industry, and protecting what we have left while there’s still time.

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Renee Blanchard

Health Care

March 23, 2011

Young adulthood marks a period of life transition that impacts the availability of health insurance. College and university students often lose health insurance upon graduation, young adults are more likely to have low-wage and entry-level positions that do not offer health benefits, and many young...

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Angel Foster,

Health Care

March 22, 2011

A few years ago my daughter Julie was diagnosed with an illness called Dysautonomia and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia (POTS). Julie had numerous hospital visits requiring many tests and procedures. The costs were astronomical. Julie continued to be covered under my insurance through my employer...

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Lisa Doyle

Health Care

March 22, 2011

“If every single, you know, resident of the state is required to have insurance to live here… we’ll have a much better, like healthier society and everyone will be able to have access to what they need… I think that it would be great if everyone could have health insurance because then, you know,...

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Danielle Bessett

Health Care

March 22, 2011

When I set out to make “No Woman, No Cry”, a documentary film about the Global state of maternal health three years ago, I had no idea just how dismal a job we were doing for our nation’s families. I was inspired to highlight the under-reported issue of maternal mortality after learning that almost...

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