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Diverse Coalition Warns that Political Interference in Practice of Medicine is Undermining Patient-Provider Relationship

Members of the Coalition to Protect the Patient-Provider Relationship, a diverse group of medical, health, women’s health, gun violence prevention and other groups, today released an unprecedented statement expressing alarm about the recent trend of state...

Ness Calls it ‘Shameful’ That SGR Fix Was Used as Vehicle to Diminish Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care

“It is disappointing that the Senate included a callous, dangerous abortion restriction in the legislation designed to fix the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) it passed yesterday evening. We are grateful to Senator Patty Murray, and every senator who...

On Equal Pay Day, Women’s Leader Calls on Congress to ‘Level the Playing Field’ by Passing Fair and Family Friendly Workplace Policies

“Today is a sobering reminder that not nearly enough has been done to address unfair wages in this country. Equal Pay Day marks how far into 2015 women employed full time, year round have had to work to catch up with what men were paid in 2014. At a time when...

Supreme Court Decision in King Lays Foundation for Stronger Health Care System

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell offered a strong reminder of the primary goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): to improve access to affordable health coverage and care. For more than five years, the ACA has done exactly that. Before its...

A Long Overdue Victory for Equality

The day millions of people and families across the country have been waiting for is finally here. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in four same-sex marriage cases today – consolidated and referred to collectively as Obergefell v. Hodges –...

The Wrong Way

Cross-posted from the Huffington Post.This week, extremists in the House of Representatives seem to be firmly in charge as their fiscal year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) funding bill advances quickly.This...

Conoce tus derechos: Permisos pagados por enfermedad y permisos para cuidado infantil durante el coronavirus

CONOCE TUS DERECHOS | La pandemia del coronavirus está afectando a casi todo el país y la Ley de Respuesta al Coronavirus ‘Familias Primero’ (FFCRA) les da a muchos trabajadores el derecho a solicitar permisos pagados por enfermedad y permisos familiares pagados en...

Know Your Rights: Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus

With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave.

Expanding Paid Sick Days and Paid Family & Medical Leave in Response to COVID-19

FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the universal need for — and far from universal access to — paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in the United States.

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