At $15k, her income is too high for Medicaid

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution today shares the story of Sandra Pico, a Miami mother of one who makes only $15,000 a year, but still doesn’t qualify for Medicaid. Like many, she was expecting the health reform law to help her find…

How much money does the government invest in children?

Voices interns Nicole Bibel and Sarah Rogers guest blog with us today on research into how much we, as a country, spend supporting child programs.

The recession has been officially over for a while now, but try telling that to…

Expanding Medicaid is the morally and fiscally right thing to do

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the health reform law, states are beginning to look at ways to consider how and to what extent they will comply with its implementation.  The expansion of the Medicaid program up to 133…

Texas rejects health care law’s Medicaid expansion

Texas 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…

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…

Reckless cuts to kids pass House

Last week the House went through with its reckless plan to slash children’s programs. In a vote of 218-199, it passed a budget that would dismantle much of the safety net, dealing massive blows to food stamps, Medicaid and other…

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…

The philosophy of income inequality

Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein has deconstructed Rep. Paul Ryan’s ruinous federal budget plan. What he finds is that while Paul Ryan talks often about social mobility as a key American ideal, his spending plan, which passed the House last…

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…