Category: News Feed/Stories

Trump Devastates Health Care

Trump’s vicious attacks on health care prove he’s an equal opportunity jerk. Over the past few weeks, the GOP Congress and/or the president has: hurt exchange insurance buyers by cutting funding for enrollment assistance, hurt women by permitting all employers to deny their employees access to […]

Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage Announces First Hearing in Series

JOINT PRESS RELEASE: Assemblymembers Jim Wood and Joaquin Arambula FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2017 CONTACT: Cathy Mudge 916.319.2002 SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) and Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) announce the first in a series of hearings of the Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems […]

New Regulations Broadening Employer Exemptions to Contraceptive Coverage: Impact on Women

From Kaiser Family Foundation Oct 06, 2017 | Laurie Sobel, Alina Salganicoff Follow @a_salganicoff on Twitter, and Caroline Rosenzweig   The Trump Administration has issued new regulations that significantly broaden employers’ ability to be exempt from the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive coverage requirement.  The regulation opens the door […]

Your Boss & Your Birth Control

Should Your Boss Dictate Your Family Planning Options? President Trump Thinks So. Georgeanne M. Usova, Washington Legislative Office & Brigitte Amiri, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project OCTOBER 6, 2017 | 4:00 PM (ACLU Blog)   President Donald Trump finally made it clear today. He believes business owners […]