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Jun 20, 2015 |
“Those of us who are lucky enough to have paid family leave through our employers — which is just 13 percent of U.S. workers — have the security that comes with knowing we can stay home when a baby is born or a loved one needs care without our income plummeting or our jobs disappearing,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Jun 18, 2015 |
Recent data show that mothers themselves may already think what the Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report suggests. The series of Listening to Mothers (LtM) studies, a nationally-representative survey of childbearing women, shows a shift in mothers’ attitudes towards normal physiologic birth.
Jun 15, 2015 |
Thousands of Consumers Register Opposition to Weakened Requirements, Warning They Would Undermine Patient Engagement
Jun 15, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Jun 12, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Jun 11, 2015 |
Christine Bechtel, advisor to the National Partnership for Women & Families, made the case for patient control of their own data. “The fact is, as the patient, I am the only one present at all of my healthcare encounters – so I can potentially amass more data, more quickly and more comprehensively than any single healthcare entity can today because I know where it all is,” she said.
Jun 11, 2015 |
“Access to paid leave within that company is so bifurcated between upper management and everyone else. And that’s what we’re seeing in the U.S. as well,” Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families, said.
Jun 11, 2015 |
When working with the National Partnership for Women & Families, the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University found families, businesses, and the public all benefit from paid parental leave. Generous leave led to “greater labor force attachment; increased wages for women, reduced spending in the form of employee replacement costs; and reduce public assistance, such as food stamps.”
Jun 10, 2015 |
Written Statement of Christine Bechtel, Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families. Submitted to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Hearing: Health Information Exchange: A Path Towards Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care for Patients
Jun 10, 2015 |
Testimony
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