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Change
Last November, excitement over the prospects for real change swept a new President into office and gave hope to many who had long since lost hope that things could get better and that government could do good. We all have our own criteria for what constitutes “real” or “good” change, but whatever change may mean,…
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle: What do Children Need from Health Reform?
You can’t pick up a paper (some of us do still read them) or read a blog today without hearing about health reform. In fact, you have read on our blog about the flurry of activity on the Hill. The good news is that no longer is the argument focused on whether health reform is…
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Children’s Issues and Effortless Enrollment are Building Momentum in Health Reform
By Jocelyn Guyer The Center for Children and Families staff is scurrying as fast as a NASCAR pit crew as two of our top issues are building momentum. We are participating in back-to-back Capitol Hill forums on addressing children’s unique health needs in health reform and removing bureaucratic hurdles to enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP.…
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When will public health insurance programs catch up with the rest of the online world?
If technology were not so prolific, there would be no reason to write this blog. My kids grew up using computers and cannot remember a time when technology was not a focal point of everyday life. From researching homework (or health policy) to balancing your checkbook and paying bills, from shopping for hard-to-find sizes to…
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Medicaid is as Essential to Health Reform as a Pair of Blue Jeans is to Your Wardrobe – Exchanges Can’t Work Well Without It
Shopping at the mall is never a favorite pastime of mine but it does provide some comic relief to what I see happening in health reform. As I watch teenagers frantically searching for the latest fashion trend, I am reminded that this tendency to grab onto the latest and greatest new fad is at play…
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Effortless Enrollment Saves Taxpayers $ and Helps Uninsured Children Access Medicaid and CHIP
Robert Nelb, MPH Candidate 2009, Yale University, Senior Fellow, The Roosevelt Institution As readers of this blog know, we became fans of Nelb’s work when we came across a letter-to-the-editor he wrote regarding pointless paperwork. Robert is a senior fellow for The Roosevelt Institution and the winner of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project Economic Policy…
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Flurry of Activity On Health Reform Front Continues
By Jocelyn Guyer When my third child was born just 20 months after our twins, I was briefly the mom of three kids under the age of two. Not as tough as the challenge facing Jon and Kate plus Eight or the octuplet mom, but enough to make me think that my life would never…
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Making CHIPRA Work: Enrolling Eligible Children in Health Coverage
Author: Tricia Brooks Council of State Governments – Presentation Document May 2009
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle
By Jocelyn Guyer Center for American Progress — Presentation Document May 2009
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North Carolina Community Care Saves $ and Improves Access – Isn’t That the Kind of Health Reform We All Need?
Amidst all the talk this week in Washington about reforming our nation’ s health care system, a new report highlighting a great model for reform went largely unnoticed. North Carolina’s Medicaid initiative “Community Care” has made great progress in providing better access to care and saving money to boot!! Yet one of the options the…
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Mostly Good News for Children in Senate Finance Committee’s Health Reform Proposal
By Jocelyn Guyer Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee released a set of health reform coverage options, offering some important insight into the direction this crucial committee may take as it tackles the goal of covering all Americans. It’s hard to sum up the 61-page document — not only does it cover a lot of terrain but there are options…
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Fact Sheet on Senate Finance Committee’s Coverage Options paper
This fact sheet provides a review of the key provisions affecting children, families and low-income people.
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Can We Afford to Leave Children’s Issues on the Sidelines of the Health Reform Debate?
Aimee Ossman, Director of Medicaid and State Policy Analysis, National Association of Children’s Hospitals As our national leaders debate health care reform, there must be a focus on children. The Senate Finance Committee has held two roundtable discussions highlighting the delivery of health care and coverage. In both of these roundtables there was a lot…
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Bipartisan Effort Delivers Needed Health Care for Kansas Kids
Suzanne Wikle, Director of Health Policy, Kansas Action for Children Last week, Liz Arjun blogged about the fact that CHIPRA has encouraged many states to move forward on health coverage for children despite achallenging budgetary climates. We took a look at Colorado’s expansion in a guest blog entry last week. This week, we want to…
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CHIP Tips: Citizenship Documentation Changes
The CHIP law enacted in 2009 includes a number of important program and financing changes that affect both Medicaid and CHIP. One important change is that CHIPRA extends the requirement to document citizenship that applies in Medicaid to CHIP as well. At the same time, the new law modifies current requirements to reduce the paperwork…
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Colorado Expands Kids Coverage Despite Budget Crunch
Deb Colburn, Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved On Monday, Liz Arjun blogged about the fact that CHIPRA has encouraged many states to move forward on health coverage for children despite challenging budgetary climates. Colorado is one of those states. The All Kids Covered initiative, a statewide collaborative, worked for passage of the legislation that was signed into law by…
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Isn’t Coverage That Meets People’s Needs Really the Goal?
Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee convened a roundtable to focus on the coverage issues in health reform (a small topic). They covered a lot of terrain although in fits and starts. While the debate over the public plan option continues to take center stage, the Medicaid debate also began to take shape. Senators Grassley and Hatch both…
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle
By Jocelyn Guyer The nation has made significant progress in covering children, but nine million children still lack insurance and many more are at risk of not receiving the health care services that they need to develop and grow properly. To address these issues, children will need to be an integral part of the much…
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CCF Turns 4 Today!
The Center for Children and Families came into being four years ago today to develop effective, practical strategies to improve access to quality health care for children and families. As we spend our birthday watching the Senate Roundtable Discussion,”Increasing Access to Health Care Coverage,” we wanted to celebrate with you online (fewer calories that way).…
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More States Are Saying Yes to Kids Coverage
One of the most common questions we get at CCF is, “What are states doing to cover kids?” Since CHIP was reauthorized in February, this question has taken on a new twist: “Are states doing more to cover children since the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 was signed by President Obama?” The answer…