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Why Are We So Scared of ObamaCare?

A couple of years ago one of my children was diagnosed with a disorder. She was so barely on the needle of having this disease, that they ran the blood work three separate times (bloodwork that cost over $7,000 mind you). Sure enough, she's at the very outer edge of having it. In fact, we were told that were we to test her tomorrow, it's a 50/50 shot as to whether she'd be positive. But that diagnosis now lives on her file. For life.

Autism Caregiving Costs Hit Mothers’ Income More

(Would you, could you, vote for me? Inching my way up the rankings in Circle of Mom’s Top 25 Political Mom Blogs . Thanks! We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog post….) Women now navigating the vast ocean of motherhood were likely born decades after the women’s liberation movement of...

Moms Discuss How Clean Air Could Be “Controversial” When We Have an Asthma Epidemic

A couple of days ago, MomsRising held its first-ever Internet radio program. Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner moderated a mom-to-mom discussion entitled, The “Controversy” of Clean Air in the Middle of an Asthma Epidemic, which was co-presented by the Moms Clean Air Force and Mocha Moms...

Celebrate Health Care Reform: Tweet chats, carnivals, stories, and more!

Happy second birthday, health care reform! This week is the two year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Over the past two years, millions of families have been helped by health care reform, and when new provisions kick in 2014, millions more will have access to crucial health...