punditmom.com - 16 days ago
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I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed that I didn’t make the cut for finalists in the Washington Post’s “Next Great Pundit” contest. I’m not quite sure why the Washington Post is doing such a thing. Last time I checked with Katie Orenstein from ...
What the House Health Reform Bill Means for You —
Strollerderby
Saturday night, the House of Representatives passed a major health care reform bill ; the first to clear that hurdle since Medicare was created over 40 years ago. If it also passes the Senate and is signed into law, this health care reform will provide insurance coverage for up to 36 million ...
Weekend Open Thread —
Mother Talkers
It's the weekend, y'all! Let's get right to some health and wellness news... Have you or anyone you know received the H1N1 vaccine yet? After weeks of fruitless calls to my doctor's office, I finally scored a preservative-free shot through the Orange County Health Care Agency. They gave the ...
It’s Showtime for Health Reform! —
MomsRising Blog
If you’ve turned on the TV this week, you may have noticed that opponents of health reform have stepped up their efforts to scare families into opposing health reform. Why the frenzied pitch? Because after almost a year of debate, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on its ...
Five Years is a Lifetime to Wait for Affordable Health Care —
MomsRising Blog
Let me be candid: health care reform has struck a personal chord. On October 4th, my aunt Margarita died of pneumonia and cancer. After receiving that dreaded call from my sister saying Margarita only had hours to live, I caught the first flight to Rhode Island. On the flight, I could not help ...
I am Not a Pre-Existing Condition —
PunditMom
The National Women’s Law Center has made today a national day of action to call on our lawmakers to demand that they get rid of the ridiculous inequities in the health care system that impact women, calling their campaign “I am Not a Pre-existing Condition.”
A couple ...
What a tax on medical devices means to everyone —
Betsy's Page
Mona Charen writes about how the health care reform proposals hit home in her family pushing her opposition to the plans from an intellectual debate into an issue that strikes her own family. She writes about her son's Type I diabetes and how having an insulin pump has not only changed his life, ...
Hey Congress! Our Kids Need a Health Care Bailout! —
MomLogic
In America, the richest nation on earth, with a GDP over $14 trillion,
we rank 22nd among 30 industrialized nations in low birth weight
babies, and 27th in infant mortality rates. Give our beautiful babies a bailout -- join the Stroller Brigade!
Children Denied Health Insurance Because of Size —
Mother Talkers
If you can stomach yet another tawdry health insurance story, the TODAY Show interviewed a couple whose toddler was denied private health insurance because she was too small. First, a Colorado baby was turned down for health insurance for being too big. Now, another Colorado child has been ...
Being a Woman —
Soap Box Mom
…does not constitute a pre-existing condition. Women pay higher premiums and are sometimes denied coverage for ridiculously discriminatory reasons.
Let’s beat the insurance companies. Now.
Demand health insurance reform.
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