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5 Health Reform Benefits to Act On Today

January 10, 2011
While Washington fusses and grandstands about health care reform, we as individuals can vote with our actions and dollars. In America’s free market economy, our collective choices will significantly impact the nation’s health care system. Here are five actions each of us can take today, thanks to...
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Dora Wang, M.D.

The 112th Congress - Still an Old Boys' Club

January 9, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The ladies and gentlemen of 112th US Congress have been sworn in. Do you know how many of them look like you? How many share your experiences and convictions? Do you trust them to make...
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Valerie Young
Health Care

Health Question of the Week:Will the healthcare overhaul protect me from low annual limits on coverage?

January 6, 2011
Question: Last year, for the first time, I was able to afford health insurance. When I ended up in the hospital, I thought that my health plan would cover all of the care I needed. But, it turned out that I still had huge bills from my stay because my plan has an “annual limit.” Will health reform...
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Claire McAndrew
Health Care

URGENT: Vote to Repeal Health Reform Scheduled on January 12th!

January 6, 2011
Faster than a speeding bullet, John Boehner, the new Speaker of the House, announced that the House will vote on January 12th to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform bill. Not so fast, partner. Send a strong message to Congress that moms and dads are standing up for our kids and...
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Donna Norton
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An Invitation to California MomsRising Members

January 4, 2011
Across the country, the New Year means new beginnings. Here in the Golden State our former and just-sworn-in Governor Jerry Brown will bring creative and sometimes austere approaches to tackle an estimated deficit of over $25 billion . For those of us who care about health care and the social...
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Kate Karpilow

Foreclosure: Dismantling Family Ties

January 4, 2011
Are you tired of hearing the terms “foreclosure,” “the crisis,” and “Wall Street”? Many of us are. Unfortunately, we are likely to be weathering this storm for years to come. We cannot afford to grow numb to families losing their homes en masse. The hazards of the housing market run deep, but many...
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Janis Bowdler

New Year Ushers In New Health Rules

January 3, 2011
New rules from a health insurance reform package signed into law by President Obama has kicked in, according to the Washington Post. They are : • Limits on how health insurance companies spend customers' premiums. "The rule requires that insurers spend at least 80 percent of this money on the...
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Elisa Batista
Health Care

HHS Awards Bonuses to 15 States for Connecting Kids to Coverage

December 31, 2010
For Amanda from Tigard, Oregon, one of the worst things about going without health insurance was worrying that something might happen to her son Jacob when she couldn't afford a doctor. Jacob, now 3, was having vision problems and needed to see an eye doctor. Fortunately, Oregon has begun taking...
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Kathleen Sebelius

URGENT: There's a fight brewing

December 31, 2010
In this holiday season, the outpouring from MomsRising members to help quickly ramp up for the 2011 Congress and counter the threat to health care reform has been jaw-dropping. Now, if we raise another $5,000 in the next 48 hours, our donor will match every dollar. A contribution of $15 or more...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Childcare & Early Education Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

For Moms & Moms-to-be the Personal Is Political

December 30, 2010
Cross posted from the Young Women's Leadership Program Blog: Words of Wisdom from Worldly Young Women As I scrolled through my newsfeed on my Facebook page this week I came across a posting written by a friend who has two young children that read, “I make $4.26 a week after daycare. Oh, the joys of...
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Michelle Noehren

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