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Welcome to Say Ahhh! a health care policy blog by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. Our policy experts have their fingers on the pulse of what's happening on health care coverage for children and families. Our experience is diverse, our perspectives unique, our mission united.
Tara Mancini

How Much Do Kids Count? This Year We Get a Closer Look

July 27, 2012
Tara Mancini

Medicaid : Data / All

Something to Celebrate

January 27, 2012
Guest / Gretchen Hammer

Medicaid : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

Joan Alker

Essential Health Benefits: A Child’s Perspective

January 09, 2012
Joan Alker

Medicaid : Blog Posts / Eligibility and Coverage /
Affordable Care Act : Blog Posts / Essential Health Benefits / All

Setting the Record Straight: Medicaid Is Cost Effective

July 15, 2011
Guest / Lincoln Nehring

Medicaid : Blog Posts / Financing /
CHIP : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

Joan Alker

Children in the Dawn and Shadows of Life Should be a Top Priority in Budget Talks

July 14, 2011
Joan Alker

Medicaid : Blog Posts / Financing / All / CCF Resources

KidsWell Campaign Launches Online Resource for Health Reform Implementation

June 30, 2011
Guest / Kimberley Chin

Medicaid : Blog Posts /
Affordable Care Act : Blog Posts /
CHIP : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

CCFadmin

Colorado Takes Step to Eliminate ‘Stair Step’

April 26, 2011
CCFadmin / Gretchen Hammer

Medicaid : Blog Posts /
Affordable Care Act : Blog Posts /
CHIP : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

What Conservative States Want: Health Care for Children

March 14, 2011
Guest / Christine Sinatra

Medicaid : Blog Posts / Financing / All / CCF Resources

CCFadmin

Health Insurance for 1 in 3 Put at Risk if Stability Protections Removed

February 23, 2011
CCFadmin / Jocelyn Guyer / Martha Heberlein

Medicaid : Blog Posts / Financing /
CHIP : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

Joe Touschner

Three Keys to Setting Up Strong Health Insurance Exchanges

February 14, 2011
Joe Touschner

Affordable Care Act : Blog Posts / Exchange / All / CCF Resources

CCFadmin

10 Reasons Why Repealing Health Reform Would Harm Children

January 10, 2011
CCFadmin / Bruce Lesley / Christine Shapiro

CHIP : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

Joan Alker

Medicaid Matters: Ensuring a Strong Pediatric Benefit for Kids in Medicaid

December 22, 2010
Joan Alker

Medicaid : Blog Posts / Eligibility and Coverage /
CHIP : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

Unprecedented Results for Kids Coverage in Massachusetts: Lessons for the Nation

December 17, 2010
Guest / Brian Rosman

CHIP : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

Even in tough times, states can do the right thing for kids.

July 10, 2009
Guest / Jessica Mack / Jill Beckwith

Medicaid : Blog Posts /
CHIP : Blog Posts / CHIPRA Implementation / All / CCF Resources

Joe Touschner

CMS Ready for Questions on CHIPRA

April 24, 2009
Joe Touschner

CHIP : Blog Posts / All / CCF Resources

Authors
  • Joan Alker
  • Tricia Brooks
  • Jocelyn Guyer
  • Martha Heberlein
  • Cathy Hope
  • Tara Mancini
  • Wesley Prater
  • Joe Touschner
  • Karina Wagnerman
  • Dinah Wiley
  • Elisabeth Wright Burak
QF carrousel
  • The ACA has the potential to cut the number of uninsured children by 40%. (Source:Improving Coverage for Children Under Health Reform)
  • The ACA has helped maintain or improve access to preventive services for 54% of children. (Source: ACA Protects and Improves Access to Preventive Care for Children)
  • 47 states have applied for or received increased federal funds to make major upgrades to Medicaid enrollment systems (Source: Getting Into Gear for 2014)
  • In 2011, 92% of children in the United States had health insurance coverage. (Source: Uninsured Children 2009-2011 Charting the Nation's Progress)
  • In 2012, 26 statesmade improvements to their Medicaid and CHIP programs. (Source: Getting Into Gear for 2014)
CCF Research Digest, at zotero.com
CCF Research Digest, at zotero.com
quote
  • “CHIP and Medicaid have been a stable source of health care coverage for America’s children and together they have brought the uninsured rate for children to a historic low.”
    Joan AlkerJoan Alker
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