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Florida parents calling to inquire about their kids’ health insurance got a surprise recently: a sex chat line recording offering them a chance to indulge in their naughtiness.
The line was supposed to be for Florida KidCare, a health insurance program offered by the state to any child regardless of whether their parents are working. Continue reading »
Saturday night, the House of Representatives passed a major health care reform bill; the first to clear that hurdle since Medicare was created over 40 years ago. If it also passes the Senate and is signed into law, this health care reform will provide insurance coverage for up to 36 million uninsured Americans.
What will this mean for your family? Continue reading »
First they’re too fat – now a kid has been denied health insurance because she’s TOO SMALL. Can we ever win?
Two-year-old Aislin Bates apparently weighs twenty-two pounds, putting her in the third percentile for kids her age. So United Health Care said no way to insuring her. Continue reading »
Rachael Larimore was raped years ago and survived. More recently, she has given birth three times, all of them via c-sections. Considering her history and experiences, she’s unsympathetic toward Arizona mom Joy Szabo and others who equate forced c-sections with rape.
She’s got a point, which she makes in the post, “Childbirth is Not Burger King. You Can’t Always Have it Your Way,” at Double X. But in arguing that Szabo’s use of “rape” is hurting rape victims, she errs in the same way she’s accusing Szabo of erring: that is, she makes assumptions about the trauma of other people’s experiences and diminishes that trauma in the process. Continue reading »
There’s one very basic reason I’ve been on board with some kind of healthcare reform from the get-go: I have a uterus. And as the ladies of the National Women’s Law Center recently pointed out – that means I have a pre-existing condition.
Don’t believe me? A few facts, all pulled together by the NWLC: Continue reading »
Warnings that the swine flu vaccine will be most effective if given to children doesn’t seem to be swaying the majority of American parents. In a survey by Consumer Reports, sixty-five percent of parents said they won’t be getting the swine flu shot for their kids. Continue reading »
She was willing to pay for health insurance, but no one would give it to her. She had a pre-existing condition: pregnancy.
Writing in an Irish newspaper this weekend, Caitriona Palmer shared a relatively common story: no insurance, trying to find a carrier who will take her on. Continue reading »
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