When Less is More: Every Mom Deserves a Healthy Childbirth, Every Baby a Healthy Start
The road to a safe and healthy birth in our over-medicalized maternal care system can be like a drive through a foreign city without a map.
Victory in Philadelphia as the Push for a National Standard Grows Stronger
Progress in the nationwide effort to increase access to paid sick days continued at the federal and local levels last week. On Thursday, Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) reintroduced the Healthy Families Act and the Philadelphia City Council approved a hard-won paid sick days ordinance that Mayor Nutter promptly signed into law.
The Next Wave of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations Matters to You!
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is doing more than making quality, comprehensive health insurance more affordable for millions of women and families.
Help Each Enrollee Find the Health Plan That Best Meets Her or His Needs
Help women access the information they need to enroll in coverage that meets their needs and budget by walking them through a few key questions.
200 Million Reasons to Support Paid Family and Medical Leave
22 years ago this week, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) — the country’s first and only federal law to address the dual demands of job and family.
Expand Access to Contraception for Military Women and Families
All women deserve comprehensive birth control coverage and counseling.
Washington Starts the Year Strong
In Washington state, January has been a good month for workers and advocates pushing for family friendly workplace policies. On Tuesday, the Tacoma City Council approved a paid sick days ordinance, making it the first city to do so in 2015, and the first jurisdiction to follow President Obama’s recent call for action the issue. And just yesterday, a statewide proposal (HB 1356) that would guarantee at least one million workers the right to earn paid sick days passed out of the House Labor Committee.
Got Covered? Great! Make Sure You Report Your Coverage At Tax Time!
It’s officially tax time — everyone’s favorite time of year. In addition to making sure you’ve got all your finances in order, there’s one new thing you need to remember this tax season: to report your health coverage on your tax return.
Beyond Amendment 67: Looking Ahead in the Fight for Reproductive Justice in Colorado
As a new year begins, we have a lot to celebrate in Colorado.
The Health of Women and Families Will Be at Stake in ‘King v. Burwell’
On March 4, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case King v. Burwell. The stakes could not be higher for women, for our health care system and for our country.
Abortion Coverage for Peace Corps Volunteers, at Last
The funding bill Congress passed last weekend lifts the terribly unfair ban on coverage for abortion services for Peace Corps volunteers who survive rape or incest, or whose lives would be jeopardized by continuing a pregnancy.
Getting to Zero: Sustained Efforts Needed to Eliminate Early Elective Births Among Medicaid Beneficiaries
Early elective delivery (EED), defined as a delivery before 39 weeks of gestation without medical necessity, places women and babies at risk for harm, offers no benefits to either, and increases costs for taxpayers and for women and their families.
