Category Archives: Health Care
Interview with Laura Guerra-Cardus of the Children’s Defense Fund
Happy child and mom getting health care at Texas Children’s Hospital. President Bush vetoed a bill that would have expanded and provided additional much needed funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (despite it passing Congress) and hasn’t got … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Children, Family, Health Care, Healthcare
Tagged CDF, Children's Defense Fund, CHIP, cover the uninsured, uninsured children
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Cover the Uninsured: A National Campaign for Healthy Kids
What does it mean to you to hear the phrase, “uninsured children?” What does it mean to hear, “underinsured children?”According to the Children’s Defense Fund 9.4 million children in America, almost 90 percent living in working households and a majority … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Children, Health Care
Tagged Children's Defense Fund, cover the uninsured, Health Care, uninsured children
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Senate to Vote on Postpartum Depression Research
The MOTHERS Act (also referred to as Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act) is up before the Senate. The bill has been passed by the House. The basic premise of the Act is provide for research on, and … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Government, Health Care, Women
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Follow up on Vaccine Post: Is Thimerosal really gone?
(originally posted on Non-Toxic Kids) A few weeks ago after reading this post on Mom’s Speak Up, about one mom’s struggle with her daughter’s serious reactions to vaccines, and an awful doctor who threatened, belittled and bullied her into a chickenpox … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Toxins and Chemicals
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A momexpert opinion about vaccines and vaccine injury one day post Autism Day
I don’t know what causes autism. Even the real experts don’t know what causes autism. We do know that autism is on the rise, but nobody is sure how much or why. According to the CDC via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, … Continue reading
Putting a face to the health care crisis for kids (and families) as health insurance options expire and vanish
Kyla is a good friend of mine. I’ve sketched a portrait with words about how I admire her. We’ve brought our kids together to play, with entertaining results of course. My six year old, Patience, has declared that Kyla’s six … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Health Care
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Why We Didn’t Circumcise Our Sons
In 1994 I wasn’t much concerned with that “extra†flap of skin sometimes found on the end of a penis. I was just leaving my teen years in 1994. I had seen exactly seven naked men (I hadn’t even seen … Continue reading
Posted in Boys, Children, Family, Health Care
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What’s So Complicated About Universal Health Care?
I read a few years ago that health insurer Kaiser-Permanante’s CEO got a $20 million dollar bonus that year in addition to his exorbitant salary. TWENTY. MILLION. DOLLARS. In healthcare, bonus’ like that come when the company has been extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Corporations, Government, Health Care
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Health Canada’s Manufacturing Standards: Check the Label!
Did you know that Health Canada maintains a vigorous set of standards when it comes to the manufacture and sale of health-related products? Health Canada’s “good manufacturing” practices help ensure that manufacturers of natural health products such as supplements and … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Health Care
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Flu Shots Now Required for Children and an INFANT WARNING About Fluoridated Water
In New Jersey, children who attend preschool or daycare will soon be required to have annual flu vaccinations, despite protests from many parents who don’t think the government should be able to tell them what substances, toxic or otherwise, they … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Government, Health Care, Toxins and Chemicals, WTF?
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