Together

It is our lifeline.

“I'm a single mother with two kids under 3, a full-time student, and an employee...so I don't have much time to write. But I have to tell whoever is willing to listen that the child care subsidy I receive has saved my life. I'm able to go back to school to get the kind of job that will help me...

Show Me the Mandate

Despite millions of dollars being poured into anti-health reform advertisements and mailings, the poll did not find a mandate for action one way or another. The poll also found that several key provisions of the Affordable Care Act remain very popular, even among those who support repeal of all or parts of the law.

What Would You Call It?

Recently I did a radio interview about working moms and talked about why I stopped working. My closest friends said I downplayed my nervous breakdown, making it sound like a really bad day (instead of a really bad year). It's true that I played it down. I was embarrassed. It's one thing to write...

Our kids aren't burned down houses

A child with a pre-existing health condition is like a "burned down" house that shouldn't be insured?! [1] Opponents of health care reform are ramping up the rhetoric and working hard to roll back important new health care protections--like ending pre-existing condition exclusions. For example,...