Health Care

December 11, 2012

By Ashley Wheeland, Health Policy Attorney at the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative We are all getting tired of hearing about the "fiscal cliff." Probably even more so for our U.S. Congressional members. But the deal Congress and the President come up with could impact what American families pay...

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Ashley Wheeland

Immigration Health Care

December 10, 2012

The landmark health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a tremendous starting point for improving the health of communities of color in California and across the country. But to truly achieve lasting progress in the fight against health disparities, we need...

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Ellen Wu

Paid Family Leave Health Care

December 10, 2012

Breastfeeding: No "culture" required As a woman born, raised and educated in New York City, I take any and all commentary, critiques, songs or even Haikus about my city, very seriously. And I admit, as a journalist with degrees from NYU and Columbia J-School (told you I was a New Yorker), I have an...

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Health Care

December 4, 2012

During my pregnancy, I’d watched so many online video tutorials on how to breastfeed. Never mind going to an actual breastfeeding class when I can just search Google for what I need to learn. There was no way I could get this wrong. All I had to do was get my baby to latch on, right? Easy enough...

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Tasha Digital

Environmental Health Health Care

December 3, 2012

Women's Voices for the Earth's Non-Toxic Shopping Guide has everything you need to make responsible choices without compromising the fun and excitement of gift-giving. With this Guide, you can use your consumer power to tell and show companies that you demand safer products!

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Cassidy Randall

Health Care

December 1, 2012

For a year, my husband was unemployed as a result of his company downsizing. If he didn't have unemployment insurance, we would have lost our ability to pay our mortgage and would have lost our house. If not for Medicaid, our children would not have any healthcare as we wouldn't be able to afford...

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Dian Berger

Health Care Food!

November 30, 2012

Instead of looking forward to sharing holiday meals with my family in the upcoming weeks, I’ve spent much of my time worrying about the safety of the food families like mine will be eating at their gatherings. Because of a new and very flawed poultry inspection rule that the USDA hopes to implement...

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Phyllis McKelvey

Health Care Food!

November 23, 2012

Whatever your cultural or ethnic background, conversations inevitably turn to food this time of year. Do you celebrate Thanksgiving or just “get together”? Do you eat meat and is it free-range? Are the vegetables organic? What is a healthy dessert? Gluten free? What about sugar? And then there is...

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Monifa Bandele

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

November 19, 2012

Originally posted on the Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS) blog. Working for a public health nonprofit can get you in trouble with your friends. I’ve been accused of trying to spoil everything from burgers to candy , Valentine’s Day to Halloween . So with Thanksgiving just around the corner, it seemed...

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Charles Margulis

Family Economic Security Health Care

November 15, 2012

"Is it an action scene in a James Bond movie?" No. "Is it something the road runner careens off of in a cartoon?" Nope. You can't watch the news these days without hearing about a looming "fiscal cliff" that Congress must address by the end of the year. One of the biggest items on the table: In a...

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