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If You Live in California, Go to the Nearest Clinic for Healthcare Coverage

March 2, 2011
To mothers of children without health insurance, I say ask your loved ones where they receive care. There is a good chance that if the clinic is small enough, you'll be able to obtain healthcare coverage there. I am undocumented - I have been waiting 13 years for immigration to process my...
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Alicia C
Health Care

Si Viven en California, Vayanse a la Clínica Más Cercana Para Conseguir Seguro Médico

March 2, 2011
A madres con hijos sin seguro médico, yo les aconsejaría que le pregunten a sus conocidos donde ellos están recibiendo atención médica. Si la clínica es suficientemente pequeña, hay una gran posibilidad de que puedan conseguir cobertura médica en la misma. Yo soy indocumentada - he estado esperando...
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Alicia C
Health Care

We Are All Worthy of Healthcare Coverage

March 2, 2011
It is important for all of us to have healthcare coverage: children, adolescents, adults, seniors, U.S. residents and non-residents alike. Sometimes I hear someone say, “I sought medical coverage but they only gave me emergency care.” Why? “Because my children were not born in this country. It is a...
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Adriana Mandujano
Health Care

Todos Merecemos Cobertura Médica

March 2, 2011
Es importante que todos seamos cubiertos por un seguro médico: niños, adolescentes, adultos, ancianos, residentes y no residentes. A veces escucho a alguien decir que “fuí a buscar un seguro médico pero me dieron solo de emergencia.” ¿Por qué? “Porque mis hijos no son nacidos aquí. Que lástima,”...
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Adriana Mandujano
Open Flexible Work

Hitting Retirement Age and Still Doing the Work-Life Juggle

March 1, 2011
We hear a lot about the struggles modern parents face in juggling work and family needs. Meeting the demands of today’s 24-hour, blackberry-fueled workplace and still finding time for your kids (let alone time for yourself ) can seem next to impossible. But here’s the thing that should really scare...
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Rex Flexibility
Open Flexible Work

How Can You Tell if Workplace Flexibility is Working? Ask the Employees

March 1, 2011
Every clued-in business leader in America is now aware that workplace flexibility is a business imperative. Employees across all industries say their lives are increasingly complicated and the traditional workplace structure just doesn’t work for them anymore . They are demanding new options, so...
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Kathleen Christensen
Open Flexible Work

America's failure on part-time working - through the eyes of a British 'Mum' gone Stateside

March 1, 2011
A British Mum discusses pre-toddler tantrums and why the challenge of balancing work and life in the USA is so much harder than in the UK - and concludes that if government and business did more to encourage decent part-time job opportunities America would be a less divided society.
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Jodie Reed
Childcare & Early Education

The Impact of Recent Budget Proposals on Women of Color, Their Families and Communities

March 1, 2011
The recently approved House budget for the remainder of FY 2011 and the Presidential budget for FY 2012 both include plans to reduce or eliminate funding to vital safety net and social support programs that provide critical assistance to low-income women and families. Though social spending...
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J. Mijin Cha

Why The Affordable Care Act Made 2010 The Best Year Of My Son's Life

March 1, 2011
My son, Ethan, has had a very unusual first four years of life. Most of his first year was spent in and out of the hospital, receiving out-patient chemotherapy, three sclerotherapies, and intensive physical therapy - all due to a rare, non-cancerous (but very harmful) vascular tumor on his lower...
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Felicia Burnett
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Moms' Night Out in the Triangle

March 1, 2011
Between the craziness of taking care of the kids, working, and the million other things every mom does every day, we too often put ourselves last. If you’re like us, you always plan to try to squeeze some time in for yourself or for a night out with your friends, but too often it doesn’t happen. We...
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Felicia Burnett

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