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Enrollment still open for Medicaid and CHIP

05/12/14
The Children’s Dental Health Project was founded in 1997 with the principle goal of implementing the then-optional dental benefit in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). As more than a decade has passed and CDHP’s mission has grown, so too has dental coverage for children. Thanks to the...
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Meg Booth
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Healthy Kids Make Better Learners

05/12/14
The School-Based Health Alliance serves as the national voice for school-based health centers (SBHCs), and our mission is to improve the health status of children and youth by advancing and advocating for school-based health care. While our mission is focused on access to health care in school, our...
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Kyle Taylor
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Baby Non-Toxic Shopping Guide

05/12/14
It’s not easy for busy parents to know what the safest choices are to protect baby's health. Women's Voices for the Earth's Baby Non-Toxic Shopping Guide can help you find safer products without toxic chemicals linked to cancers, reproductive harm, and birth defects.
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Cassidy Randall
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Continuing Access for Kids: There is no end date to staying healthy

05/12/14
As mothers, we know that children need ongoing access to health insurance, ensuring that children can readily gain needed care when faced with injury or illness. Whether it’s allergy season, soccer season or flu season, children need uninterrupted access to care. Medicaid and the Children’s Health...
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Eva Marie Stahl
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What You Need to Know About Medicaid and CHIP

05/12/14
While March 31 st marked the end of the open enrollment period for purchasing private health insurance through the marketplaces, other avenues to health care coverage remain. Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are critical health insurance programs for children and adults...
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Marty Ford
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Mom skills work at home and in DC

05/11/14
We know how busy you are, so in appreciation of all you do, we want to share 3 quick gifts from us to you on this special day: Laughter, Inspiration, and Back Up!
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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My Mother's Day Tribute

05/11/14
Whenever she caught one of us gossiping or being petty, my mom used to say, There are three kinds of people in the world: People who talk about other people; people who talk about things; and people who talk about ideas. With those words, she made it crystal clear she expected us to grow up to be...
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Roberta Riley
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Mom Taught Me To Be An Activist

05/11/14
I recently visited my mom for her birthday last week. She always possessed a practical, no-nonsense attitude. Mom is the personification of a hip 80 year-old, but she reminds me often that growing up during the Depression gives her the edge of realism. Her mind is as sharp as a tack, so even at her...
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Ronnie Citron-Fink
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Three lessons I learned from my mother, "the bike lady.”

05/11/14
My Mom has always lived life on her terms. Long before it was trendy, my mom rode her bicycle everywhere, even from Amherst to Boston to board a plane heading to England. In our town and beyond, she became known as the "bike lady." She cut a distinct image with grey hair, knee socks and mid-knee...
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My mother taught me to break through the fourth wall

05/11/14
But as I reach the middle of my 40's, I realize the sheer joy found in making connections and living in the moment.
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Kirstin Larson

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