Powerful Special Interests Should Not Trump Children's Health Needs
The invisibility of children means up to 10 million children may have the most to lose from national health reform.
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Amen! Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond and Ella
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact
On November 4, about 4,000 babies, children, parents, youths, teachers, child care providers, doctors, and grandparents rallied in D.C. to tell Congress that millions of children must not be left worse off after health reform.
The Economic Costs of Uninsured Children
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business
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In addition to it being the morally right thing to do, investing in children is also the economically smart thing to do. Children constitute over half the Medicaid rolls but less than a quarter of its costs.
Our Health Care System Does Not Need Fixing
Olivia Rosewood | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
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Our health care system doesn't need to be fixed, because it wasn't working. Our health care system needs a complete systemic make over.
Eleven-Year-Old Ronald's Troubling Predicament
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
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How many children in New Orleans and across our country are in harm's way because they fell through the cracks in our broken health care system?
A Song for Anna
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Home
Why, in the richest country on earth, should parents have to wage a major, constant struggle with an insurer to provide their child with the medical care she so obviously needs?
Insurance CEOs Get Rich While Denying Health Coverage to Children
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living
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Why should we continue to let children fall between the chasm of profit-driven health insurance companies and income-restrictive Medicaid and CHIP programs?
A Public Health Insurance Plan Can Cover All of Our Children
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
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A public health insurance plan option would encourage competition on the basis of cost and quality, not by avoiding the sick and denying care, as is the current practice.
The Promise of Public Health
Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
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Like the provision of medical care to the ill, an effective health system -- which keeps children and adults from becoming sick in the first place -- depends on both vision and commitment.
What a Difference An Election Makes -- SCHIP Health Care for 11 Million Kids
Christine Pelosi | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
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With a stroke of his pen, Barack Obama will soon change America's priorities - spending the equivalent of 40 days in Iraq to provide health care for over 10 million children a year.
Capitalism at its Worst: Our Healthcare system
Olivia Rosewood | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living
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Grace couldn't afford for the surgery to be cancelled or even delayed. The infection had caused her little cheek to swell and finally rip open. What could she do? What could I do?
Women May Be Most Affected By Economic Crisis And Election
Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home
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If women aren't looked after in this election, in this economic environment, the losses will be substantial and lasting.
A National Day of Social Action for Health Care
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
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There are 9.4 million uninsured children in America today and millions more are underinsured. Ensuring they have affordable access to timely health care is smart policy.
Peaceful Revolution: McCain a Clear and Present Danger to Families
Robert Drago and Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
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McCain's voting record on family issues speaks clearly and in a single voice: he does not value family in any meaningful sense of the word.
Bush Vetoes Kids Health Insurance Bill For The Second Time
AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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President Bush vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have expanded government-provided health insurance for children, his second slap-down of a bipa...
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