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Article: Why I work for health care for all and say "no" to screening tests for me (at least some of the time).
- Article from:
- Women's Health Activist
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
- Author:
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A few weeks ago, like lots of busy working women, I had to schedule my well-woman exam during the middle of a work day and had to hop from the doctor's office right back to work. As it happened, that day I was preparing for a presentation about Raising Women's Voices for Health Care Reform--a collaborative project the NWHN is working on with Merger Watch and the Avery Institute to build a network of women leaders who will push for health care for all that truly meets the needs of women and their families. Raising Women's Voices will work for high quality and affordable health care that includes preventive care, comprehensive reproductive health services, choice in the type ...