Mike Clifford
October 29th, 2015
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine continues to fall behind other New England states when it comes to getting health insurance to children. A new report from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families ranks Maine 37th in the nation for kids without health insurance.
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Report co-author Joan Alker at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families says expanding Medicaid and embracing the Affordable Care Act were the most significant factors for states that saw the biggest improvements in their report. “People don’t think about Medicaid expansion as a kids’ issue,” she says. “But we know from past research that covering parents results in what we call a strong ‘welcome mat.’”
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