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Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

10/04/13

In 2006, I was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. After surgery and six rounds of chemotherapy, I returned to normal life. Early detection should have kept me cancer free, but after four years, I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer with tumors now growing in my lymph nodes, liver, bones...

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Mary Gugich

Environmental Health

10/04/13

Did you know that many personal use product such as cosmetics, shampoos, and body washes contain chemical fragrances that could be harmful to you and your family's health? Not many people do. It's also a secret that companies do not have to disclose which chemicals they are using as fragrance. They...

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Katy Farber

Health Care

10/03/13

Some members in the U.S. House of Representatives want to deny or delay healthcare access for our nation’s uninsured before they pass a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded and open. Their willingness to allow a government shutdown to continue places already vulnerable...

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Douglas Greenaway

Health Care

10/03/13

Tuesday was amazing. Thanks to you (and thousands of other people across the country who have been working tirelessly to get the word out about health reform) the Health Insurance Marketplace had a great first day. There were 4.7 million visitors to the Healthcare.gov website, 190,000 calls to...

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Felicia Burnett

10/03/13

Do you ever wake up and think, “ Well, now, this is completely absurd? ” Today is one of those days, because some members of Congress have decided that attempting to deny millions of people healthcare coverage is more important than lost paychecks, access to education and food for our children, or...

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Elyssa Schmier

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

10/02/13

Update: On September 24, 2013, Governor Brown signed SB 770, which will take effect of July 1, 2014. This bill will expand the definition of family for the California Paid Family Leave Act. On Jan. 9, 2012, Women's eNews published my article, " Paid Family Leave Pays-Let's Buy in This Year ." I...

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Susan Rose

10/01/13

As of midnight our federal government is closed for business. After failing to pass a Continuing Resolution (CR), which would continue funding for federal programs, a defeated and fractured Congress decided to call it a night leaving 800,000 workers without a pay check, national parks, monuments,...

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Elyssa Schmier

Environmental Health Health Care

10/01/13

I didn’t realize how many women don’t have access to basic information on how to protect themselves (and their unborn child) from exposure to toxic chemicals. Check out WVE's tips for harmful chemicals to avoid during pregnancy!

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Cassidy Randall

Health Care

10/01/13

Today is the first day of an exciting opportunity! This morning, Covered California officially began its six-month open enrollment period and approximately 2.7 million Californians are now able to enroll in affordable health coverage. This is the most sweeping coverage expansion in generations, and...

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Ellen Wu

10/01/13

One of the first things people notice when they walk into my office at Bellevue is the glass table that has the word love etched into it in several languages. Not only does the table give a calming effect to my office but it is a reminder to me and my patients to take the time to value ourselves...

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