Health Care

December 1, 2010

If Sarah Palin had shown up at the door of my son’s kindergarten class with fresh baked cookies, he would have been at the front of the line. And I wouldn’t have been able to do a thing about it. Like most parents, I work full time, and I depend on my school—and its food policies—to protect my son’s health when I’m not around.

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Ann Whidden

Health Care

November 18, 2010

Question: I currently have a pre-existing condition. When will insurance companies be prohibited from denying coverage and charging exorbitant premiums to people with pre-existing conditions? Answer: An end to insurance company discrimination against adults with pre-existing conditions will be...

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Christine Sebastian

Health Care

November 12, 2010

Despite millions of dollars being poured into anti-health reform advertisements and mailings, the poll did not find a mandate for action one way or another. The poll also found that several key provisions of the Affordable Care Act remain very popular, even among those who support repeal of all or parts of the law.

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Say Ahhh!

Health Care

November 11, 2010

Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., President of the Association of American Medical Colleges, called for American medical schools to lead a transformation of American medicine, during a speech given at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine convention, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 in Marco Island, Florida. “This...

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Dora Wang, M.D.

Health Care Food!

November 8, 2010

Today, the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University released Fast Food FACTS , a comprehensive study of fast-food nutrition and marketing to youths. There are a couple of findings that are particularly striking to me—as a mom, as a doctor and as someone who’s working to improve...

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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA

Health Care Family Economic Security

November 4, 2010

Health Reform Question of the Week: I have heard that beginning in January 2011, I will have to pay taxes on my family’s health insurance, which I now obtain tax-free through my employer. My family and I are proud to pay our fair share of taxes, but our budget is already tight and we have little...

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Claire McAndrew

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care

November 4, 2010

Political pundits are spinning away in the wake of the elections, making guesses about what the election results say about the will of the voters. But it's too critical a time for our country to let the paid pundits have the last word. Moms (and dads!) know more than any political pundit about what...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

November 2, 2010

The 18th biannual Institute of Politics survey is out. It reports that Millenials (18-29 year olds) are significantly less enthusiastic about the electoral process now than they were just nine months ago. Only 35 percent of students report that they will definitely express themselves when 100...

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Dr. Judith Palfrey

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

October 28, 2010

The lives of low-income working mothers and children are hanging in the balance with California Governor’s economically irresponsible and morally reprehensible line-item veto to eliminate the Stage 3 child care program . Despite having a bi-partisan “hand shake deal” that would have protected child...

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Mary Ignatius

Health Care

October 28, 2010

In my year-plus of writing for the Scope blog at Stanford's School of Medicine, and in my numerous years of covering medical and health issues before that, few things have enraged me as much as something I encountered in yesterday's New York Times . But David Kocieniewski, if you're reading, it's...

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Michelle Brandt