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Public Programs That Work -- Good News on Children's Coverage

March 1, 2012
Late last year, while official Washington and its pundits were busy deconstructing the failure of the "Super Committee" and the rest of us were planning our holiday celebrations, the National Center for Health Statistics quietly released its 2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data. Among...
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Gene Lewit
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Technology and Innovation Supporting Health

February 29, 2012
The Wireless Foundation joined the text4baby initiative over two years ago because of the clear value we see in using mobile technology to improve the health of families in this country. Text4baby is the first of its kind – a free-to-end-user mobile health education service that provides moms with...
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Kimberly Bassett
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5 DIY Nontoxic Baby Care Products

February 29, 2012
Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Will Nickelson Great news: Nontoxic baby care products don't have to be expensive! Organic, nontoxic, or even fragrance free items for our little ones can veer towards the pricey side. Luckily, there are easy, affordable DIY solutions for many commonly used baby...
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Claire Moshenberg
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Welcoming Children to the World with Health Care Coverage

February 28, 2012
Cathy Hope edits Say Ahhh! A Children's Health Policy Blog by Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families By Cathy Hope, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families NPR reporter Nina Totenberg tells the story of how Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan briefly met her...
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Say Ahhh!
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Blunt Attack on Health Reform

February 28, 2012
You've got to be kidding us! The attacks on full access to birth control for everyone continue in Congress--and, in fact, the attacks are escalating beyond birth control to all women's health care, and to all health care really. It's ridiculous. What's going on, anyway? U.S. Senator Roy Blunt...
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Ashley Boyd
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Blog Carnival- Connecting Kids to Coverage and Text4Baby: A New Partnership that Clicks!

February 28, 2012
They say that timing is everything. If that’s true, doesn’t it make sense to tell someone about how to sign up for health insurance when she needs it the most? And, when we’re enrolling a family in a health insurance program, shouldn’t we help them understand how to use those benefits to ensure...
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Cindy Mann
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Building Blocks for Healthy Babies!

February 28, 2012
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that over 11,000 babies are born every day in the US, and the Massachusetts Health Care For All (HCFA) wants to do its part and help these babies grow up healthy. Our goal is to provide some of the building blocks to help as many Massachusetts babies as possible to...
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Dayanne Leal
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Enrolling more children into health coverage gets them one step closer to better, life-long development

February 28, 2012
Today, America’s children face the prospect of growing up less healthy, having more debilitating and costly chronic health conditions as adults and living shorter lives than their parents. While current health care costs for children are small in relation of those for adults, the future costs for...
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Amy Swanson
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Making the Online Connection For Children's Health

February 28, 2012
Think about all the things we do online in our personal and professional lives – banking, buying, registering, applying, shopping, shipping, tracking, blogging – all without leaving the same chair. In spite of these advances in efficiency and customer service, we don’t make it efficient or easy for...
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Claudia Page
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When Change Happens

February 28, 2012
Seven years ago, I found myself in a predicament. I was a 23 year old college student who worked as a cocktail waitress in a cigar lounge. I found out I was pregnant and had to quit my job in order to eliminate secondhand smoke exposure to my unborn child. I had no insurance at the time and didn’t...
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Daryn Kirkpatrick

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