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Protect Access to Health Care & SNAP by Visiting Your Members of Congress

May 26, 2017
It’s an emergency! Your voice is needed — and is powerful! Sign up to drop by your members of Congress' office(s) to drop off, or share, important materials on health care and SNAP (food stamps). We'll send you everything you need for a successful visit! Sign up here: http://action.momsrising.org/...
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Casey Osborn-Hinman
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

23 Million Reasons Why House Health Care Bill Must Be Defeated

May 25, 2017
Twenty-three million fewer Americans would receive coverage if the American Health Care Act becomes law – yet another sign that this so-called health care reform bill is one of the most destructive acts ever to emerge from Congress. We also know that people with pre-existing conditions could be...
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Debbie Weinstein
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

Fact of the Week: More than 80 percent of critical human needs programs have lost ground since 2010

May 24, 2017
Minority health programs cut by 10 percent. Juvenile justice programs cut nearly in half. Housing for the elderly cut by 46 percent; housing for people with disabilities cut nearly 57 percent. Job training to assist ex-offenders reintegrating into their communities cut nearly 28 percent. Out of the...
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Lecia Imbery
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I am sick of Crowdfunding for Healthcare

May 24, 2017
I have had it. This morning I got another GoFundMe request in my inbox. This time it is to support the treatment for the mother of a teammate on my son’s lacrosse team. She will need to have surgery in the next two weeks to remove a brain tumor. I don’t know her well, but I do know she is a single...
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Christina D'Allesandro
Health Care

MomsRising Reacts to Release of the CBO Score Of the American Health Care Act

May 24, 2017
Moments ago, the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the Republican health care plan that was passed by the US House of Representatives. According to the CBO scoring, an estimated 23 million more people would be uninsured under the House legislation than under current law by 2026...
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Health Care Politics & Policy

Sign on—If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re on the menu.

May 23, 2017
Awful doesn’t even come close to describing it. The American Health Care Act (AHCA/Trumpcare) bill, which recently passed the U.S. House, is a disaster for women's health. It cuts 24 million people from health care and puts pregnancy—among other things—on the pre-existing condition list, which is...
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Felicia Burnett
Health Care Maternal Justice

March for Moms in Washington DC

May 22, 2017
Did you know that The rate of American moms who die in childbirth has been rising for 20 years, worse than any other developed nation? The surge in the rate of babies born dangerously early, is unmatched in the past eight years? There's an epidemic of stress and depression among parents due to the...
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S. Nadia Hussain
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

5 Urgent Actions for This Week!

May 22, 2017
It's GO TIME! We need all hands on deck! We’ve got to protect families in the national budget and push back against the disastrous American Health Care Act. It takes just a minute to have a big impact. So get YOUR week off to a great start, and take action on the important #5Actions below. Thank...
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Karen Showalter
Health Care Maternal Justice

Moms Need Health Care Before, During, and After Pregnancy

May 17, 2017
By Alison Stuebe, MD Last week, Americans spent more than $23 billion on Mother’s Day gifts. On Sunday morning, moms woke up to jewelry, bouquets of flowers, and scattered crumbs between the sheets after so many breakfasts in bed. How was this different from any other second Sunday in May? This...
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Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice

Quick #5Actions!

May 15, 2017
Fun fact: Taking action on issues that really matter to families, our economy and our country can help you have a great week! Nothing is more inspiring than joining tens of thousands of other people in speaking out — and that's a feeling that lasts. Because together, we're a groundswell of parent...
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Karen Showalter

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