Health Care

September 30, 2010

Question: Will there eventually be a public option? Answer: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed by President Obama on March 23, 2010, is a huge step forward for health care consumers. It will bring quality, affordable coverage to all Americans through the creation of health...

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Claire McAndrew

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 27, 2010

Who would have thought that a short one-paragraph post on MomsRising.org about my personal experience with the new healthcare reform act would lead to me meeting President Obama! But that's exactly what happened. About a week after I posted the exciting news that my family's new health insurance...

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Dawn Josephson

Health Care

September 25, 2010

Right before college, my parents had to file for bankruptcy protection due to overdue medical bills related to my little sister's premature birth. I worked three jobs to get myself through school, even getting a bout of mononucleosis because I was so run-down. The situation of my parents -- I was...

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Elisa Batista

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 24, 2010

There's been a lot of media coverage lately about the rise of high profile political moms in the Tea Party movement, and, of course of Sarah Palin herself who's said, "You don't want to mess with moms who are rising up... you don't want to mess with Mama Grizzlies." But what's been less sensational...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 24, 2010

As a pediatrician, I see the best and the worst of our health care system. I see very ill children whose families cannot afford to get them the medicine or treatment they need. I see children who have not received basic preventive care and who are sicker than they should be. I see children who have...

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Laura Mabie, MD

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 23, 2010

Major new health reform benefits take effect today to help keep health insurance companies accountable, lower health care costs, guarantee more health care choices, and enhance the quality of health care for all Americans. Starting today, insurers will be required to: Keep you covered when you get...

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John Larson

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 23, 2010

In the six months since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, we have been hard at work implementing the law and focusing on putting consumers ahead of insurance companies. Already, millions of Americans are seeing the benefits: Nearly 4 million employees working for small...

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Kathleen Sebelius

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September 23, 2010

Priorities. This amigos and amigas changes with each season of life. When we're younger, we want to be the center of el universo. In our teen years, we want to be heard. In our early twenties, we want to be accomplished young women. Then comes amor, marriage, kids and all in all... life. Sometime,...

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Liz Cerezo

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 23, 2010

Por los 17 años que trabajé como trabajadora de elegibilidad por MediCal, un programa social para gente de bajos recursos, estuve en contacto con muchas personas sin seguro médico. Los insegurados incluían mujeres embarazadas, jovenes menos de 20 años de edad, y también personas, que aunque ganaban...

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Luz Villafana

Health Care

September 23, 2010

My kids can tell you, I'm an expert worrier. I worry about whether I'm pushing them too hard or maybe not pushing them hard enough; whether their fear of vegetables will cause permanent damage to them; and whether they are getting enough exercise or alternatively, whether their favorite exercise of...

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