Budgets reflect priorities. Last week, House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the House Republican budget. If adopted, it would take health insurance away from millions of Americans, turn Medicaid into a block grant, and put seniors’ access to comprehensive Medicare coverage in jeopardy.
The quality of maternity care in our country needs improvement. While transforming the maternity care system will take time, there is progress to report.
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases brought by for-profit corporations challenging the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) birth control benefit, which requires that health plans include coverage for contraception – a basic health service that 99 percent of women use at some point in their lives.
The ACA has already begun improving the lives of women and families across the country, but we still have work to do.
Access to contraception long seemed settled and remote from the culture wars.
For decades, cost has been a major barrier that prevented tens of millions of Americans from accessing health insurance.
Por décadas, el costo ha sido el mayor obstáculo que ha impedido que millones de personas en los Estados Unidos obtengan acceso al seguro médico.
With demand on the rise for measures that will make our country more healthy, fair and family friendly, the National Partnership convened a special congressional briefing to discuss the policies women and families want this year.
On February 4, dozens of allies met on the steps of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) in Baton Rouge to do something that we rarely get to do on the harsh battlefield of reproductive justice work in Louisiana – celebrate a victory.
Being a working parent is hard. Just last week, my son was in tears as I left at dawn for an overnight trip.
Shopping for insurance through your state marketplace? These four questions will help you pick a plan.
While the ACA is, indeed, a health policy, it’s also a policy that offers badly needed support to working families.
On January 15th, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McCullen v. Coakley, a case challenging the Massachusetts Buffer Zone Law.
President Obama’s State of the Union address was a compelling call for a more fair and family friendly nation.
The Women’s Health Protection Act would support women’s ability to make personal health care decisions unhindered by callous and unnecessary state regulations.
Voters in Virginia faced a clear choice when it came to women’s health and reproductive rights in the Virginia governor’s race.
What if, instead of plugging in your destination address, you could ask for directions to get to healthy?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes key provisions of paramount importance to women…
“Mija, I think that a woman should make her own decision about abortion for herself. It’s her body and no one is in her shoes to decide for her.” These are the words of my father, a proud immigrant from Michoacán, Mexico, a domestic worker, a brother to five sisters and a father to three daughters.
Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Charleston, West Virginia wouldn’t at first glance seem to have much in common with Cerritos College, a predominantly Latino community college with its campus in Los Angeles…