Texas rejects health care law’s Medicaid expansion
Posted by Matthew Wright on Jul 10, 2012 at 3:29 PMTexas Governor Rick Perry yesterday announced it will not expand the state’s Medicaid program, as was planned under the health reform law. This is bad news, as many more Texas children would have qualified for care. Texas is also turning…
Insurance companies avoiding responsibility
Posted by Carla Plaza on Oct 12, 2010 at 7:34 PMLast month we discussed how many major insurance companies have stopped selling new child-only plans. Although the number of families seeking child-only plans is thought to be small and existing child-only plans will still be serviced, it’s still disturbing…
Study: almost a third of kids lost coverage when their parents lost job
Posted by Carla Plaza on Jul 14, 2010 at 9:38 PMAmong children whose parents suffered a job loss from 2000-2004, almost a third lost their health care coverage, according to a new study from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. And in children from low-income families, almost half lost insurance coverage.…
