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01/03/17

Quality, affordable healthcare coverage is incredibly important to families in the U.S. MomsRising has recieved thousands of messages from our volunteers with stories about why the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare matter for the health of their families. This #...

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Felicia Burnett

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Health Care

01/03/17

Happy New Year! I hate to jump right into it, but our families’ healthcare security is at risk! The U.S. Congress is back on Capitol Hill this week and some Senators are already talking about moving ahead with plans to roll back advances in healthcare coverage and gut current healthcare programs—...

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Elyssa Schmier

Health Care

12/30/16

Our families' healthcare security is at risk! Representative Price, President-elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, and his allies in Congress want to roll back advances in healthcare coverage and gut current healthcare programs. This is a national emergency! Your...

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget

12/30/16

As we look to a new year, here are a few prayers to help guide us for the work ahead.

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Marian Wright Edelman

Health Care

12/28/16

In recent weeks, we've been hearing from families around the U.S. about what q uality, affordable health coverage means for them, and one thing is clear: It's a lifesaver! Indeed, recent improvements to our nation’s healthcare system have brought the number of uninsured Americans to a record low...

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Felicia Burnett

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Food!

12/23/16

In 2017, the MomsRising Food Team is expecting quite a few changes. These changes will impact all of our lives. As a result, we want to be prepared, or as prepared as humaly possible. Join #FoodFri on January 6, 2017, between 1-2pm EST, as @MomsRising chats with @CSPI about food policy in 2017. We'...

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Migdalia Rivera

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

12/22/16

In December 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached what would be his last Christmas sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. At the end Dr. King spoke about the day he told the nation at the March on Washington that he had a dream for America’s future, but said in the uncertain years that had followed that dream sometimes felt like it was turning into a nightmare. But Dr. King said he was never willing to give up:

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Marian Wright Edelman

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12/22/16

Last week, I had the great honor of standing with faith leaders – including Rev. William Barber, Khizr Khan, and Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block – to speak out against Donald Trump’s proposed administration-in-waiting. The cabinet of bigotry. These radical cabinet appointments threaten our economy, hurt...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care Politics & Policy

12/21/16

Last week, a team of us from MomsRising spread out and met with nearly half of the U.S. Senators' healthcare staff about the importance not unilaterally kicking 30,000,000 people off healthcare coverage. We delivered stories from MomsRising members from across the country and life saver candies to...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

12/21/16

Last week, I was fortunate enough to go to Capitol Hill and share my health care story with legislators and their staffs. As someone who benefits greatly from the Affordable Care Act, also known by Obamacare, it was important for me to let politicians know how repealing the law and not replacing it...

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