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Talking Enrollment in the Windy City

November 18, 2011
My colleague Ani and I had the pleasure of attending the Second National Children’s Health Insurance Summit earlier this month in Chicago. The gathering, hosted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), was the official kick-off for the second round of outreach and enrollment grants...
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Jennifer Sullivan
Health Care Blog Carnivals

Children’s Health is a National Priority

November 18, 2011
When it comes to the health of our nation, United Way cares about ensuring that everyone has health insurance, that folks eat well, and that Americans remain active and energized. Specifically for children, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program provide vital health care to children...
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Patrick McIntyre

Over my carry-on bag....

November 18, 2011
Only an industry that thought it was a good idea to charge customers for checking bags (something people already don't want to do!), could possibly come up with this genius idea. Wait for it... assigning children in seats away from their parents. Honestly, it's so outrageous, it makes me laugh (but...
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Ashley Boyd
Paid Sick Days

Paid Sick Days: Healthier Families, More Than $1 Billion in Savings

November 18, 2011
By Vicki Shabo, Director of Work and Family Programs, National Partnership for Women & Families Health reform has underscored the imperative to increase access to health care, improve quality and reduce costs. According to a thought-provoking new report released by the Institute for Women’s...
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National Partnership for Women & Families

Medicaid a Lifeline for Families

November 18, 2011
It is an understatement to say that families are facing tough times today. As a single and unemployed mother to two small children, I certainly am. Because of that, now is the wrong time to cut the little social safety net we have left in this country. For many of us, slashed Medicaid funding, for...
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Rumiantseva Elena
Paid Sick Days

Paid Sick Days and Health: Cost Savings from Reduced Emergency Department Visits

November 17, 2011
This week, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released Paid Sick Days and Health: Cost Savings from Reduced Emergency Department Visits , in which my coauthors and I review findings about the connection between health and access to paid sick days, using publicly-available data from...
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Kevin Miller
Childcare & Early Education

Tell the super committee: Protect investments in America's children

November 17, 2011
“Think of the debt we’re leaving the next generation,” deficit hawks will often remark. Yet sometimes the cuts they propose are our most important investments in the next generation. We need to make sure that when we balance the budget, we're not leaving behind a different kind of a debt: a human...
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Roberta Heine
Paid Family Leave

Census Report Shows Inequality in Paid Leave

November 17, 2011
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released a report that found that almost 51 percent of working women who gave birth to their first child between 2006 and 2008 received paid leave (which includes sick leave and vacation time), compared to 42% between 1996 and 2000. While the new figures represent...
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Dina Bakst
Health Care

We Need to Protect Our Seniors During the Recession

November 17, 2011
The Congressional Super Committee is in charge of proposing a plan to significantly cut our federal deficit, and I am one of the millions of Americans watching their recommendations closely. I am particularly concerned that they will suggest short-sided cuts to critical programs like Medicaid that...
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Sussi Goff
Food!

Fighting to Sell Junk Food to Kids: Really, grocery manufacturers? That’s your highest priority?

November 17, 2011
Think of all the things that food manufacturers could be doing to improve the nation’s health. They could reduce the amount of salt in packaged foods to help prevent blood pressure from rising. They could make healthier foods for school lunches. And they could use their billions of advertising...
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Mike Jacobson

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