Celebrating Medicaid on its 46th anniversary
Posted by Joe Theissen on Jul 29, 2011 at 2:59 PMMedicaid, which helps more than 28 million children gain access to health care, will have its 46th anniversary tomorrow! It’s certainly worth celebrating the doctor visits, vaccinations and other help Medicaid has provided to so many needy children. Our friends…
Health update from our partners
Posted by Bill Bentley on Jan 11, 2011 at 2:44 PMToday there’s a new report on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which have provided a steady safety net for children even as the economy took a harrowing downturn. The report, from the Kaiser Family Foundation and researched…
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.…
