Skip to main content

Health Care

Health Care

Top Actions of the Past Week Saturday, May 10, 2025

May 9, 2025
Send a letter to the editor to say: Hands off Medicaid! Right now, Congress is debating a budget that would cut $880 billion from Medicaid—a health care program that is a lifeline for over 72 million Americans. This critical program helps families stay healthy and financially stable, and it also...
MomsRising Together
Sue Anne Reed's picture
Sue Anne Reed
Mental Health Month
Abstract painting of person with long colorful hair and closed eyes head bowed in a somber pose
Health Care Parenting & Families

Love Demands We Speak: A Call to Break the Silence Around Suicide

May 7, 2025
Today marks six years since my dad died by suicide. In the months following his death, I wrote an article about the weight of suicide, the grip of shame, and the power of silence. It was my attempt to make sense of something that felt impossible to understand. I wrote about love, pain, and the...
MomsRising Education Fund
Jessica Hulick's picture
Jessica Hulick
Take Action
Send a letter to the editor to tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid!
Health Care

Send a letter to the editor to say: Hands off Medicaid!

May 6, 2025
Across the country, parents are standing up and speaking out to tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid! And we need YOUR VOICE! Take action NOW by writing a letter to the editor to tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid! *Don’t stress - We’ll make it easy! We’ll give you a draft letter and all the talking...
MomsRising Education Fund
Felicia Burnett's picture
Felicia Burnett
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy

Breaking Through: Saving Democracy, Protecting Medicaid, Advocating for Immigrant Families, Defending Public Education.

May 5, 2025
On the radio show this week, we dive into the overwhelming attacks on democratic institutions coming out of this White House and DOGE, and local actions you can take to protect democracy that really make a difference nationally. We discuss the huge economic benefits of Medicaid, including job...
MomsRising Together
MomsRising's picture
MomsRising
Our Stories
Victoria Fuller at the Democractic Women's Caucus Roundtable
Health Care

Our Stories: Victoria Fuller Speaks at Democratic Women’s Caucus Roundtable

May 5, 2025
Last week, our member Victoria Fuller spoke at a Democratic Women's Caucus Roundtable called The Faces of Trump's Betrayal. Here is her story: I am a mom, a veteran, and a proud member of MomsRising from Sierra Vista, Arizona. I want to start by thanking the members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus...
MomsRising Together
Felicia Burnett's picture
Felicia Burnett
Take Action
A mom pushing a shopping cart up an incline toward a man in a suit standing on a stack of gold coins
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

Moms tell Congress: choose families over billionaires!

May 4, 2025
The Families Over Billionaires storybooks—crafted from thousands of voices—are shining a spotlight on what’s at stake for families when Medicaid, SNAP, education, and child care are on the chopping block. Stories like Ashley's from Pennsylvania: "Our child has multiple disabilities that require...
MomsRising Education Fund
Felicia Burnett's picture
Felicia Burnett
Health Care

Protect Medicaid for People with Disabilities!

April 30, 2025
“I am, and have been, disabled for several decades because of severe eosinophilic asthma, which I was born with. Were it not for Medicaid, I don’t know how I could afford my co-pays on medical visits and my medications…” - Rose from South Charleston, WV Quick signature! Medicaid cuts would...
MomsRising Education Fund
Tasmiha Khan's picture
Tasmiha Khan
Health Care

A #WellnessWed chat on why Medicaid is vital for people with disabilities

April 25, 2025
On 4.23.25, we had a #WellnessWed discussion on X and BlueSky focused on why Medicaid is vital for people with disabilities. Guests included FamiliesUSA, Community Catalyst, the Center for Law and Social Policy, and Georgetown CCF. The conversation explored how Medicaid supports millions of...
MomsRising Education Fund
Tasmiha Khan's picture
Tasmiha Khan
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsRising Parenting & Families Podcast

Breaking Through: Why Everyone from Domestic Workers to Birth Workers Needs Medicaid. Organizing Locally & More.

April 21, 2025
On the radio show this week, we dive into how your health care stories have helped sway Republican – yes Republican — lawmakers to protect Medicaid, and why everyone needs to be in this fight for Medicaid Next, we hear about a campaign in New York to rally state and federal efforts to improve child care. We cover Meals On Wheels, and how even a program considered the “gold-standard” for private-public partnerships and cost-savings is under threat because of the Trump administration’s reckless cuts. Finally, we discuss Black Maternal Health Week and why this is yet another occasion to call your lawmaker about protecting Medicaid.
MomsRising Together
MomsRising's picture
MomsRising
Childcare & Early Education Health Care MomsRising Near You

Top Actions of the Past Week: Friday, April 18, 2025

April 18, 2025
Quick Signature: Hands off our Medicaid! The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget resolution that would cut at least $880 billion in Medicaid funding through 2034—that would affect 72 million Americans who use this critical program for their health insurance. Why are they...
MomsRising Together
Sue Anne Reed's picture
Sue Anne Reed

Pages

RSS