Health Care

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

August 28, 2017

Quality, affordable healthcare coverage is incredibly important to families in the U.S. MomsRising has recieved thousands of messages from our volunteers with stories about why the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare matter for the health of their families. This #...

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Isabella Higgins

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

August 24, 2017

Quality, affordable healthcare coverage is incredibly important to families in the U.S. MomsRising receives thousands of messages from our volunteers with stories about why the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare matter for the health of their families. This #...

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Isabella Higgins

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

August 22, 2017

In the deluge of awfulness of the last week, you may have missed this critical story in the news. As threatened, President Trump is trying his best to “let Obamacare implode.” Indeed, through deliberate acts of sabotage, the Trump administration is purposefully driving up health insurance premiums...

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

August 21, 2017

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Isabella Higgins

Family Economic Security Health Care

August 21, 2017

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Isabella Higgins

Breastfeeding Health Care Maternal Justice Military Families

August 21, 2017

Recently I went to a local Modern Quilt Guild’s meeting. It was a “sit’n’sew” meeting, meaning women can sew together for 5 hours, with no other distractions. Boy, did I love the sound of that, just me, my sewing machine, and new quilting friends. As I sat and listened at the beginning of the...

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Jenna Barton

Family Economic Security Health Care

August 20, 2017

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Isabella Higgins

Health Care Politics & Policy

August 19, 2017

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Isabella Higgins

Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising

August 18, 2017

This piece is published in partnership with Echoing Ida, a Forward Together Program. Pregnancy is one of the most life-changing times in someone’s life — usually in multiple lives. My five year journey into reproductive health was ignited after attending my first birth as a doula (a non-medical...

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