More children and families have health insurance
Posted by Matthew Wright on Sep 12, 2012 at 1:46 PMToday, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data that showed more Americans – including children and their families – now have health insurance. In 2011, the number of people with health insurance increased to 260.2 million, compared to 256.6…
New report on Essential Health Benefits for children
Posted by Matthew Wright on Aug 28, 2012 at 12:51 PMAs state governments start to put the health reform law into action, they’re beginning to create “exchanges,” or new marketplaces for health plans. An important step is deciding the minimum set of services a health plan can offer — the…
More on why health reform is important: 89,000 children lose Medicaid in PA
Posted by Matthew Wright on May 17, 2012 at 12:29 PMGeorge Hoover, health policy director for our member organization Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, today has a great op-ed in his local paper explaining the important of the health reform law. He tells the story of how a clumsy state policy…
Making it easier to enroll kids into Medicaid and CHIP
Posted by Matthew Wright on Mar 28, 2012 at 12:50 PMFor the last three days, the U.S. Supreme Court has been listening to oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Today, one of the questions which the court will consider is whether the enacted Medicaid expansion…
Better messaging can lead to greater enrollment of children into health coverage
Posted by Matthew Wright on Mar 12, 2012 at 1:52 PMThrough its partnership with Ohio Children in the Vanguard, Voices for Ohio’s Children led a session on Friday about better messaging to families who do not have health coverage for their children. The event, titled “Getting the Right Message,” engaged more…
Emphasizing healthy child development – from birth to adulthood
Posted by Matthew Wright on Feb 28, 2012 at 8:27 AMIt is encouraging that more children are now enrolled in health insurance programs. As health insurance costs have risen and employer-based family coverage declined, the two federal programs designed to provide health services for kids —Medicaid and the Children’s Health…
How Medicaid works, how the Ryan plan would change it, and how the children stand to lose
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on May 6, 2011 at 1:02 PMMedicaid currently helps provide health care for more than 28 million needy children. It’s been very important to shoring up the health of struggling families during the worst of the recession, and that helps all of us. But Rep. Paul…
At least five states threatening pull out from Medicaid
Posted by Carla Plaza on Mar 4, 2011 at 6:09 PMMedicaid, together with the Children’s Health Insurance Program, is a vital health support for American children. Millions of children rely on it for affordable, accessible care. We are devoted supporters of Medicaid, and we were instrumental in the reauthorization of…
Defend your consumer protections in health care!
Posted by Carla Plaza on Jan 5, 2011 at 4:06 PMCongress has begun the new session, and unfortunately, the House will soon consider repealing health insurance reform. Of course, the legislation to repeal will go nowhere, as such a bill won’t pass the Senate or be signed by President Obama.…
Many states that covered more kids to receive Medicaid bonuses
Posted by Carla Plaza on Jan 4, 2011 at 1:00 PMFifteen states will soon receive $206 million for enrolling more children in state health plans. The money is part of a plan to encourage states to seek out children who are eligible for services like Medicaid and the…
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