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Large cuts to Medicaid funding put rural communities and their health care systems at serious risk
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Medicaid is Under Threat—And Rural Communities Have the Most at Stake

March 28, 2025
Health care access for more than 72 million people in the United States is under threat. As Congress moves to cut spending across the board, critical Medicaid funding is on the chopping block—we’re looking at up to $880 billion in cuts—which would impact those in small town and rural communities...
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Felicia Burnett
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Your First Moms Next Door Dispatch is Here!

March 25, 2025
Welcome to the first Moms Next Door Dispatch! To help build our power together, to be there for one another, and to, well, help lift our nation up and out of this mess, we’ve started a new national pilot program to rise up together and connect locally: Moms Next Door . Sign up now to get these...
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Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

Billionaires Are Draining Our Classrooms – And Using Your Kids to Line Their Pockets

March 21, 2025
Imagine there’s more than enough public money to fully fund your child’s quality education, but instead of going to their classroom, it’s getting funneled into unaccountable private schools – some of which get to pick and choose which kids they even let through the door. Here’s the deal: School...
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Mary Lizardi
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*ACTION FOR APRIL RECESS: Deliver stories to your U.S. Representative in-district

March 20, 2025
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment!!! The headlines are bleak and members of Congress need to hear from us again and again. (Thank you in advance!!) We’ve all been speaking out by the thousands because we know that the long-term impact of the budget cuts being proposed (including potentially...
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Felicia Burnett
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Children with Learning Disabilities are Real. Trump’s Education Plans are Hurting Them.

March 18, 2025
Last week, the Trump administration is firing 50% of the Department of Education staff. With the layoffs, Title I K-12 schools and students with disabilities will take the most damage.
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To-wen Tseng
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Breaking Through: Medicaid. Maternal Health. How Trump’s Policies Are Hurting All of Us, Including His Voters

March 17, 2025
On the radio show this week we discuss the single largest program for maternity care in the United States, Medicaid, and why we’re fighting to protect it. Next, we dive into the many ways the Trump administration’s “cost-cutting” measures will actually end up costing all of our families and our...
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A Joyous Welcome to MomsRising’s 2025 Volunteer Beacon Leaders! 

March 17, 2025
We are excited to introduce MomsRising’s new class of national Beacon volunteer leaders. This year we have expanded our Beacons network to one hundred and fifty-nine moms and caregivers from across the country – from Arizona to Alabama, from New Mexico to Tennessee – who have committed to this ten...
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Jessica Burroughs
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Our Stories: Chris Dunham Testifies on the Hill

March 11, 2025
Last week, our member Chris Dunham from Feasterville, PA testified at the U.S. House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee to share his family's story about the importance of Medicaid. Here is his story: Dunham-hearing.jpg My name is Chris Dunham and I am a full-time caregiver for my 16-year-...
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Felicia Burnett