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08/17/10

Question: I currently have Medicaid and would like to know how health reform affects my Medicaid? First off, rest assured, all individuals who are currently covered under Medicaid will continue to receive coverage. Health reform prevents states from enacting Medicaid eligibility cuts between now...

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Christine Sebastian

Childcare & Early Education

08/17/10

As a behavior specialist who as a child was medicated from 1970 to 1977 I'm often asked my opinion about Ritalin. Here's my experience.

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Joe Newman

08/16/10

My family and I have just returned from an unforgettable vacation, which, given the firestorm in the U.S. press, I’m a little embarrassed to admit, and feel I need to justify: We went to Spain – at the same time as Michelle and Sasha Obama and girlfriends, and to many of the same spots (though in...

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Homa Tavangar

Health Care

08/14/10

True story. I'm sitting on the beach with my kids earlier this week having a relaxing vacation in California and two buff twenty year old surfer dudes come over and say they are from "Grassroots Company," or some such thing, and they want my signature to repeal health care reform. Sometimes, there'...

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Donna Norton

08/13/10

The Housing and Urban Development Agency is filing charges of housing discrimination against Pennsylvania property owners and managers who wouldn't rent to a mother and her daughter. Outrageous! MomsRising applauds the action HUD is taking to investigate and correct discrimination against families...

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Mary Olivella

08/12/10

What do you do if you have to take time off work to care for a sick child or parent? Have you personally shouldered the burden for economic hardship in your household? Apart from work and family responsibilities, on average how much time a day would you say you have to yourself when you are not...

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Laura Clawson

Food!

08/12/10

For the first time in over 30 years, we have a chance to overhaul school lunches in this country. Late last week, with the help of MomsRising members across the country, the U.S. Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.[1] We’re halfway there! The U.S. House is our next step, and we have to...

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Sarah Francis

08/12/10

by Joan Entmacher , Vice President for Family Economic Security, National Women's Law Center This Saturday, August 14, is the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. It was President Franklin Roosevelt who signed the bill into law, but it was Frances Perkins , the first woman in...

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Thao Nguyen

Environmental Health Childcare & Early Education

08/12/10

I’m starting to feel like a broken record, but I guess that’s what happens when you really care about something. Children are a vulnerable population. They eat more food, breathe more air, and drink more liquids per pound than adults. They are also more curious exploring the world around them in...

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Renee Blanchard

Paid Family Leave Food!

08/12/10

Once you see this, hit the kitchen. When my son was a newborn, I struggled to figure out how to feed myself and my husband—breastmilk and formula took care of our boy. Stephen and I ate far too many meals of takeout or fried egg sandwiches, while junior guzzled eight meals a day. Finally, once he...

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