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Author: Lelaine Bigelow

Lelaine Bigelow is Executive Director of Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality.
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When Women Lose Medicaid, We All Pay the Price

Lelaine Bigelow and Ai-Jen Poo

Medicaid is a lifeline for millions of women, covering essential healthcare needs like pregnancy care, elder support and long-term care.

Proposed cuts to the program would not only harm women but also ripple through families, workplaces and communities—driving up healthcare costs and deepening economic instability.

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Paid Family Leave Policies Can’t Be Temporary

Lelaine Bigelow

You shouldn’t have to live in a particular place or take up a certain vocation or work for the right employer just to access something as necessary as paid leave. And under no circumstances should it ever come down to a person’s race or background.

We need a national guarantee for paid leave that covers all workers, no matter what.

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