Voices for America’s Children Celebrates the 4th Anniversary of CHIP Reauthorization Act

WASHINGTON – 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

Yesterday, 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?

Democrats 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

Today, 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

As 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

George 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…

Congress to snub states that helped kids get care?

Congress 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

For 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

Through 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

It 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…