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03/21/12

Happy second birthday, health care reform! This week is the two year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Over the past two years, millions of families have been helped by health care reform, and when new provisions kick in 2014, millions more will have access to crucial health...

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Claire Moshenberg

Childcare & Early Education

03/21/12

On April 10, please join the UW’s Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS) and the Washington State University (WSU) Parenting Education Series for a webinar on Early Bilingual Experience and its Relationship to Language and Cognitive Developmen t by outreach specialist Gina Lebedeva, Ph...

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Hannah Lidman

03/21/12

There’s been a lot said and written about the Affordable Care Act – the landmark health care legislation that President Obama signed into law two years ago this week. But what you may not have heard is that this law is especially helpful to women and in particular, women of color who face certain...

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Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis

Health Care Blog Carnivals

03/21/12

Para español, haga clic aquí . March 23rd is the two-year anniversary of the historic passage of the Affordable Care Act. I have always believed that all Americans, including Hispanic Americans, should have access to affordable, quality health care. As a Member of the Senate Finance Committee, I...

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Robert Menendez

03/21/12

As a Latino educator in support of universal insurance coverage, I hope that Latinos (the growing voting block of tsunami proportions) will not readily forget the supporters (Democrats and Republicans) of the Affordable Care Act when election time comes later this year. Why do I support the...

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Douglas Palacios

03/21/12

Three years ago after I left my full-time job and my full-time health benefits -- as I like to call them -- things have gone very differently regarding how we take care of our health. Back then when I had my first child and full benefits, I didn’t have to pay anything extra other than $15 per...

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Dariela Cruz

03/21/12

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Linda Sanchez

03/21/12

Originally appeared on Congresswoman Linda Sánchez's official website on February 28, 2012. All women deserve access to contraception. What is being debated before the Committee has nothing to do with religious liberty. The regulations that the Obama Administration adopted were developed by an...

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Linda Sanchez

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health

03/21/12

Take a Tech Detox for the Kids I am taking the Causes.com pledge to unplug for the National Day of Unplugging for my 3-year-old. I already see how much my use of technology has impacted him. He walks around the house saying, “Where’s my iPhone? I have a call in a minute.” And he has two (fake)...

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Tanya Schevitz

03/21/12

Cross-posted at the National Council of La Raza . It’s probably the hottest seat in Washington, DC -- and you can’t buy tickets to it. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the almost two-year-old health care...

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