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Health Reform Question of the Week: When will protections for those of us with pre-existing conditions kick in?

November 18, 2010
Question: I currently have a pre-existing condition. When will insurance companies be prohibited from denying coverage and charging exorbitant premiums to people with pre-existing conditions? Answer: An end to insurance company discrimination against adults with pre-existing conditions will be...
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Christine Sebastian
Realistic & Fair Wages

About That Vote...It Was Horrible!

November 18, 2010
We're mad, we're sad! The Paycheck Fairness Act came to the Senate floor yesterday and was defeated in a procedural vote . This is pathetic. Not only does this hurt working women today, it also sends a dangerous message to employers that it's safe to pay women less for equal work. Outrageous! "My...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health

Toys R Us Still Selling Toxic Toys

November 18, 2010
There's PVC and even lead -- still! -- in toys that feature beloved children characters like Dora the Explorer, Spongebob Squarepants and Mickey Mouse. And despite its promise two years ago to clean up its toys, giant retailer Toys R Us is still selling plenty of toxic toys . The Center for Health...
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Teamster Nation
Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

Let’s Help Parents – and Our Schools -- on Parents’ Day

November 17, 2010
You probably didn’t know it, but today is Parents’ Day. For 89 years, during the third week in November, we celebrate American Education Week, and each day of the week we celebrate a different aspect of what makes education work. Today is Parents’ Day. Any teacher will tell you how much we rely on...
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Lily Eskelsen
Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

Lame Duck Congress: Help American Families Today, Don’t Let Unemployment Benefits Expire

November 17, 2010
There was good news for our flailing economy from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this month. More than 150,000 jobs were added in the United States in October and private sector payrolls grew by 159,000. But there was some news that didn’t change: unemployment held steady at 9.6 percent. Almost 15...
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Linda Meric

NWLC Testifies on Women’s Preventive Services

November 17, 2010
By Judy Waxman , Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center The process of implementing the new health care law continues this week as a panel of independent experts meet to begin to develop evidence-based preventive health guidelines for women that will be used...
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Thao Nguyen
Childcare & Early Education

When is Parent Day?

November 17, 2010
I remember when I first started teaching sometime in the late 1800s when one of the moms of one of my 4th graders came to the class to apologize. She had always been The Room Mother for her kids, but this year she was working outside the home, and she was apologizing...
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Lily Eskelsen
Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

What if You Had One Unemployment Check Left?

November 16, 2010
Most of us will never know what it feels like to see our unemployment insurance benefits run out. But that doesn’t mean we can’t feel for the people who are at the economic edge, just eking by because of that check for a few hundred dollars. Aimee Brittain, 32, is coming up on a year without a job...
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Eve Tahmincioglu

URGENT: The Senate is voting TOMORROW & many aren't decided yet!

November 16, 2010
This is it. A vote will happen TOMORROW (Wednesday) on the Paycheck Fairness Act--and it's going to be a close one. Many Senators say they're still deciding which way to vote! So we're sending clam-o-grams, making calls, sending letters, meeting in-person with elected leaders to share our real...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

Standing Up for Families With Nowhere to Turn: A Blog-A-Thon on Unemployment Insurance

November 16, 2010
It's November and the holidays are fast approaching. But will out of work families be left out in the cold? On November 30, federal unemployment insurance is set to expire. Yet millions of families are relying on extended federal unemployment insurance to stay afloat financially. MomsRising members...
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Donna Norton

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