Help for Mothers Hidden Inside Health Reform
source: http://www.womensenews.org/story/momagenda/100521/mothers-helpers-hidden-inside-health-reform-0
-
-
- Womens_eNews
- added this
Three provisions in health reform give mothers some needed help. In addition to mandating lactation breaks at work, there's money to fight postpartum depression and to bring nurses into the homes of new mothers.
A little-mentioned provision in the new health reform law requires employers to provide workers with a reasonable amount of time and a private space--other than a bathroom--to express milk. The break time is unpaid and it lasts only a year, but still, this is a significant, long-awaited and much-needed victory for working mothers. Hallelujah!
Two other sweet provisions for mothers are also tucked into the health reform bundle.
One is the $1.5 billion for nurse home-visitation programs such as the Nurse-Family Partnership, based in Denver, which for three years will send registered nurses to the homes of first-time mothers who are low-income.
I can't imagine money better spent.
Find out the full story at Women's eNews http://www.womensenews.org/story/momagenda/100521/mothers-helpers-hidden-inside-...
A little-mentioned provision in the new health reform law requires employers to provide workers with a reasonable amount of time and a private space--other than a bathroom--to express milk. The break time is unpaid and it lasts only a year, but still, this is a significant, long-awaited and much-needed victory for working mothers. Hallelujah!
Two other sweet provisions for mothers are also tucked into the health reform bundle.
One is the $1.5 billion for nurse home-visitation programs such as the Nurse-Family Partnership, based in Denver, which for three years will send registered nurses to the homes of first-time mothers who are low-income.
I can't imagine money better spent.
Find out the full story at Women's eNews http://www.womensenews.org/story/momagenda/100521/mothers-helpers-hidden-inside-...
-
- groups:
- Community
-
- tags:
- Health Care, Mothers, Women's Issues, Women's eNews, 1 more
