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WellPoint and Your Ta-tas?

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Sadly, I’ve been putting off my annual mammogram while I’m pushing to get the writing done for the Mothers of Intention manuscript. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about it. It’s been even more on my mind since…

Snowpocalypse 2009 (With Health Care Crisis Thrown in for Good Measure)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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One good thing about this “snow event” on the I-95 corridor this weekend — legislators are stuck here and have to keep working away on the ever evolving health care bill (not that that’s going to do us a lot…

Mothers of Intention — Thinking Edition

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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Not that I don’t try to make all the Mothers of Intention features thinking posts — be they guest essays or a round-up of great posts I’ve found on my blogosphere journeys — but there’s some really…

I am Not a Pre-Existing Condition

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

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The National Women’s Law Center has made today a national day of action to call on our lawmakers to demand that they get rid of the ridiculous inequities in the health care system that impact women, calling their…

Congress & Health Industry Lobbyists: They Make a Cozy Couple

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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It’s no secret that the insurance industry has dispatched as many lobbyists as possible to prevent a public option from becoming a health care reality. But did you know how really cozy Congress and the lobbyists are? Just…

More Good Reasons Health Care Has to Change

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Why are women really being treated like second-class citizens in the world of health care and insurance? I don’t hear the women Senators and Representatives calling for an end to coverage for male-only maladies. There is a serious lack…

Want to Read the Health Care Bill?

Monday, October 5, 2009

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Think you have then stamina to read the Senate Finance Committee health care bill that will probably get voted on later this week? Here are all 262 pages of it. I’m going to try to take a stab at…

Reflections on Jon Kyl and Type-A Moms

Monday, September 28, 2009

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I had a great time at the Type-A Mom conference this weekend. I’m a bit “conferenced” out after attending several this year, but I’ve come to realize that I’m much better at the…

Michelle Obama – The New Secret Weapon on Health Care?

Friday, September 25, 2009

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In the battle for health care reform, the White House has unleashed its new secret weapon — Michelle Obama! She gave an amazingly inspired speech to the White House Council on Women and Girls last week. The First Lady…

How Much Reform Will There Be in President Obama’s Health Plan?

Sunday, September 13, 2009

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Polls taken immediately after President Obama’s health care speech to Congress indicate that many were pleased and excited about what he had to say about health reform. Congresswoman Maxine Waters thinks he hit it out of the…

Health Reform — You Say ToMAYto, I Say ToMAHto

Friday, July 31, 2009

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Things always get a little heated in the nation’s capital this time of year. July and August along the Potomac tend to be humid and steamy and that makes it hard for anyone to compromise and negotiate in a bipartisan…