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03/20/12

Prior to the signing of critical health care reform legislation two years ago, more than 46 million Americans found themselves uninsured or underinsured. This was an unacceptable situation. I believe that every American has a right to quality, affordable health care regardless of age, income, job...

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Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez

03/20/12

For English, click here . Personalmente estoy celebrando la reforma de salud en grande, porque en abril de 2011 me diagnosticaron con cáncer de seno. Unos días después empezó mi tratamiento: los médicos me entrevistaron y me hicieron varios exámenes. También recibí un gran apoyo emocional de parte...

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Luz Villafana

03/20/12

Para español, haga clic aquí . Personally, I am celebrating health reform in a big way. In April 2011, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. A few days later, my treatment began. I had to take various lab tests and then meet with a team of health care providers. Family and friends were generous in...

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Luz Villafana

Paid Sick Days

03/20/12

I'm a mom of two small kids. So germs, coughs, colds, viruses and I are all on a first name basis ("Well, hello there, RSV . I'd hoped to miss you this time around!"). And I've developed a routine for dealing with all manner of ailments whether they be child or adult-sized: Break out the...

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Ruth Martin

03/20/12

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org I remember the first time I saw someone breastfeed. I was 27 and had just gotten married; one of my best friends had her baby the same year. We all sat around marveling at this amazing little...

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Rachel Sarnoff

Health Care

03/19/12

The Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform is proud to join the National Women’s Law Center’s I Will NOT Be Denied™ campaign to educate the public about the benefits of the health care law and what is at stake if it is repealed. We are joining the NWLC in releasing their new campaign...

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Leni Preston

Health Care

03/19/12

March 23rd will mark the second anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act. In the time since it first went into effect, this law has improved the lives and health of millions--with many more improvements to come as the law is fully implemented in 2014. At MomsRising, we've heard from...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

03/19/12

Even as many of us celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), others are trying to turn back the clock. Have they forgotten that with our former health care system, thousands of Americans were going bankrupt, losing their houses and even...

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Leni Preston

Health Care

03/19/12

Two years have passed since the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . In it, provision 4207 stated that employers must provide a place other than a bathroom and reasonable time for women to express their breastmilk during the baby’s first year of life. The Department of Labor’...

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Saray Hill, IBCLC

Health Care

03/19/12

On March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. Two years later, we are days away from oral arguments in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court that will decide its fate. These two occasions have prompted us at the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) to pause and take stock of...

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