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Posted April 11th, 2012 by Claire Moshenberg and Ashley Wheeland
A few weeks ago, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative hosted an informative Facebook chat with MomsRising about the Affordable Care Act. Here are a few commonly asked questions on pregnancy, kids, and health reform, with expert answers and resources from Ashley Wheeland from the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative. What if I get pregnant then lose my [...]
Posted April 4th, 2012 by Claire Moshenberg and Ashley Wheeland
Want to know how health reform helps women? Not sure what preventive services to ask for? Unclear on which women’s health services will be available this August? We’ve got answers! A few weeks ago, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative hosted an informative Facebook chat with MomsRising about the Affordable Care Act. Here are a few [...]
Posted March 22nd, 2012 by Ann O'Leary
Next week, a very adult conversation begins at the U.S. Supreme Court, but much of it will have an enormous impact on children. For three days, lawyers will argue over the constitutionality of two major provisions in the Affordable Care Act—the so-called “individual mandate,” requiring most Americans to have health insurance, and the Medicaid expansion, [...]
Posted March 21st, 2012 by Claire Moshenberg
Happy second birthday, health care reform! This week is the two year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Over the past two years, millions of families have been helped by health care reform, and when new provisions kick in 2014, millions more will have access to crucial health care coverage for themselves and their [...]
Posted March 12th, 2012 by Ellen Wu
Our Equity and the ACA webinar series got off to a great start in January with a presentation from Peter Lee of the California Health Benefit Exchange, and our next web forum promises to be equally interesting and informative. Of the 6.7 million Californians eligible for Medi-Cal and tax credits in the Health Benefit Exchange [...]
Posted March 7th, 2012 by Ellen Wu
Our latest report put numbers to what we already knew – communities of color have the most to gain from the successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Achieving Equity by Building a Bridge from Eligible to Enrolled, developed in partnership with UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UC Berkeley Center for Labor [...]
Posted February 28th, 2012 by Ashley Boyd
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 introduced an amendment to a transportation [...]
Posted February 23rd, 2012 by Ashley Boyd
During one of the recent Republican Presidential debates in Florida, a woman in the audience shared her story and asked a simple question: My name is Lynn Frazier and I live here in Jacksonville. I found myself unemployed for the first time in 10 years and unable to afford health care benefits. What type of [...]
Posted February 22nd, 2012 by Claire Moshenberg
Great news! Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced last week that the Affordable Care Act has provided approximately 54 million Americans with at least one new free preventive service in 2011 through their private health insurance plans. This Wellness Wednesday, we’re breaking down the covered preventive service provisions in the ACA and taking a [...]
Posted February 15th, 2012 by Claire Moshenberg
Welcome to Wellness Wednesdays! Join us on the MomsRising blog every Wednesday for tips, expert advice, and the latest news on wellness related issues, including: Breastfeeding Health care Paid Sick Days …and so much more! It’s going to be great: Look how happy this baby is about it! This week, we’re taking a closer look [...]
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