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Jul 22, 2016 |
In Massachusetts, women working full time make 82 cents for every $1 men make, earning $11,152 less each year on average, according to a study by the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Jul 22, 2016 |
“The data on access to paid sick time released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics clearly show that the growing number of paid sick days policies in this country is having a meaningful, positive impact. The coast-to-coast efforts of dedicated workers,...
Jul 21, 2016 |
The president of the advocacy group National Partnership for Women & Families in a blog post called the star ratings “a tool consumers need now.”
Jul 13, 2016 |
New public opinion survey results from 15 states released today show strong support for new national policies that support working families. By a nearly two-to-one margin, 61 percent of voters in these states support the creation of a national paid family and medical...
Jul 13, 2016 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Jul 5, 2016 |
The GetMyHealthData initiative today announced commitments from leading health organizations to take concrete steps over the next year to make it easier for patients and families to access and use their electronic health information. GetMyHealthData, a project of the...
Jul 3, 2016 |
The 2013 Listening to Mothers survey from the National Partnership for Women and Families revealed that almost two-thirds of mothers undergoing their first cesarean indicated the doctor was the decision-maker.
Jun 30, 2016 |
According to a new report by the National Partnership for Women & Families, this wage gap is responsible for women in the U.S. losing out on $500 billion per year.
Jun 28, 2016 |
In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday, the National Partnership for Women & Families praised the proposed Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) rule for its potential to strengthen the delivery of...
Jun 27, 2016 |
Consumer Partnership for eHealth Comments Include Recommendations to Strengthen Person-Centered Uses of Health Information Technology
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“President Trump’s latest action, to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, is a mean-spirited attack on young immigrants who contribute greatly to our economy and our country. Thanks to DACA, since 2012 nearly 800,000 young people...
“President Trump’s latest action, to end/not renew the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, is a mean-spirited attack on young immigrants who contribute greatly to our economy and our country. Thanks to DACA, since 2012, nearly 800,000...
“The Trump administration’s decision to gut funding for the ads that drive women and families to the health insurance marketplace, and the navigators who help them find affordable options when they get there, is a brazen, inexcusable attempt to undermine...
Exclusive: New Biden Abortion Rights Push Addresses Both Women and MenReuters, August 16, 2022Cheered by a decisive win for abortion rights in a Kansas vote and eyeing November midterm elections, the White House is launching a push for abortion access that aims...
EXPLAINER: Online Privacy in a Post-Roe WorldAP News, August 11, 2022 The case of a Nebraska woman charged with helping her teenage daughter end her pregnancy after investigators obtained Facebook messages between the two has raised fresh concerns about data...
Biden Signs Second Executive Order to Protect U.S. Abortion AccessThe Guardian, August 3, 2022 Joe Biden signed a second executive order on Wednesday that aims to protect access to reproductive healthcare after the US supreme court struck down the...
On average, women use the health care system to a greater extent than men, and thus stand to benefit more from greater access to their own health information and electronic tools that help them manage their health and coordinate their care.
This fact sheet outlines how health information technology supports patients and family caregivers (revised version).
La octava edición de la guía de la Ley de Ausencia Familiar y Médica diseñada para responder a las preguntas más frecuentes sobre cómo la ley funciona y las protecciones que proporciona.
