Health care reform is dominating the halls of Congress. The House is expected to take up the Democrat’s package by the end of this week, with the Senate scheduled to follow in the next few weeks. Yesterday, the House GOP leaders released their own draft of a health care reform bill. While there is no [...]
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What $20 Gets You
Posted in Women's Health, tagged cancer, health-care reform, healthcare, hospice, insurance on November 4, 2009, | 7 Comments »
The day my sister came home from the hospital after her first breast cancer surgery, I went to the local drugstore to pick up her initial dose of medicine. I had her insurance information and a $20 bill in my pocket. The pharmacist told me the total was “seventeen fifty.” Great, I thought, I can [...]
The Quest for Work-Life Balance
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged A Women's Nation, Equal Pay, Health-care, Sick and Tired, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, Work-Life Balance on November 4, 2009, | 1 Comment »
I started writing a blog two weeks ago about a chapter in The Shriver Report—A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything called “Sick and Tired.” The chapter outlines some of the troubles women have finding health care, receiving health care, and caring for others. I began to write about the women who worked as waitresses, which complicates [...]
Who Is Deciding Your Future?
Posted in A Women's Nation, Voter Education, Women and Work, tagged A Woman's Nation, elections, Fair Vote, get out the vote, GOTV, New Jeresy Governer, The West Wing, Virginia Govenor, Voter Turnout on November 2, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow is Election Day, and across the country millions of eligible voters will stay home instead of going to the polls. While the 2008 presidential election saw a relatively high number of voters — about 64 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau — the 2009 off-year election is not likely to generate long lines [...]
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