Wisconsin Swings and Misses on Health Coverage for the Near-Poor
Posted by Matthew Wright on Apr 9, 2013 at 11:50 AMWisconsin Governor Scott Walker proposed shifting nearly 100,000 low-income people from Medicaid into subsidized private plans through the new health insurance exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act. Governor Walker’s proposal would set the cutoff at the federal poverty line…
Voices for America’s Children Celebrates the 4th Anniversary of CHIP Reauthorization Act
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Feb 7, 2013 at 9:26 PMWASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children and its members celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) today with a call to action for local, state and federal stakeholders to enroll even more children in…
A Mixed Bag for Low-Income Children & Their Families
Posted by Matthew Wright on Jan 31, 2013 at 2:18 PMYesterday, the Obama Administration released two proposed rules on enforcement of the individual mandate and one final rule on the affordability of health insurance coverage. In two proposed rules released by the Health and Human Services and Treasury Departments, people…
Election won, but is it a victory for kids?
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Nov 7, 2012 at 4:02 PMDemocrats retained the White House and the Senate last night, while the House remained firmly in Republican hands. But how did kids fare election night?
Voices and its nationwide network of child advocacy groups have been working throughout the…
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…
Congress to snub states that helped kids get care?
Posted by rheine on May 3, 2012 at 4:01 PMCongress in 2009 created bonuses for state health services that encouraged more people to enroll. We were happy at the time because cutting red tape and streamlining enrollment would mean more children could see the doctor, taking advantage of either…
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…
1.2 million American kids gain health coverage through CHIP
Posted by Matthew Wright on Jan 4, 2012 at 9:00 AMDespite the flagging economy, the number of uninsured children in America has decreased by 1.2 million since Congress bolstered the Children’s Health Insurance Program in 2009. And new federal aid to state governments is encouraging them to cover even more…
How Medicaid helps Utah children
Posted by rheine on Jul 15, 2011 at 11:14 AMAbout two-thirds of the recipients of Utah’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program are children, and they can’t afford cuts to it now. A policy analyst for our Utah member explained the importance of these programs to youth in the…
Cuts could mean 1.7 million kids lose health insurance
Posted by rheine on Jun 1, 2011 at 11:59 AMSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to MomsRising.org’s blog on the Huffington Post yesterday to warn that the House-passed budget plan could take away health insurance for American kids. Through proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance…
