Arkansas Online By: Dan Holtmeyer Congress must quickly reauthorize a federal program that covers health care costs for tens of thousands of Arkansas children, advocates said Monday. … “We don’t want to gamble with this in any way,” said Laura Kellams, the group’s Northwest Arkansas director. The group encourages policies that promote children’s welfare in […]
The Texas Tribune By: Alex Arriaga More Texans are insured now than four years ago — but the state is still home to 4.5 million people without health coverage, the largest share in the country. A new United States Census Bureau report shows the percentage of uninsured Texans dropped from 22.1 percent in 2013 to […]
Herald Tribune By: Joe Pennisi There’s good news and bad news for Florida in the federal government’s recent decision to approve more dollars for Florida’s uncompensated care pool, known as the Low Income Pool or LIP. Gov. Rick Scott is to be commended for utilizing his relationship with the administration in Washington to bring this […]
San Antonio Express-News By Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje For the second year in a row, household incomes rose across the nation, while the poverty and uninsured rates continued to decline, according to new data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. … “We’re really pleased to see that in 2016, the ACA continued to boost health […]
Kaiser Health News By: Shefali Luthra Efforts by Republican lawmakers to scale back Medicaid enrollment could undercut an aspect of the program that has widespread bipartisan appeal — covering more children, research published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs suggests. The study focuses on the impact of Medicaid’s “welcome-mat” effect — a term used to […]
National Journal By: Erin Durkin States facing cleanup in the aftermath of the recent hurricanes could see a surge in need for a health insurance program that provides coverage to low- and middle-income kids. The problem: Funding for the program expires at the end of the month, and Congress still has to make major decisions […]
