Media Coverage
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Entrevista: Cerrando la brecha de cobertura de salud para niños hispanos
New America Media November 26, 2014 Nota del Editor: Un nuevo estudio dado a conocer esta semana encuentra que más del 11 por ciento de los niños hispanos no tienen seguro médico, en comparación con 7.1 por ciento de todos los niños en todo el país. La autora del estudio Sonya Schwartz es una becaria…
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Medicaid in the middle in Pa.
Newsworks November 24, 2014 By Mary Wilson, Disagreement over the changes to Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program providing health care for low-income Pennsylvanians have drawn attention to Gov. Tom Corbett and Gov.-elect Wolf. Wolf favors full medicaid expansion to Pennsylvanians whose income is 138 percent of the federal poverity level, while the Corbett administration is going ahead its…
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Graphic: Wisconsin slips in ranking for uninsured children rate
Wisconsin Health News November 24, 2014 The rate of uninsured children in Wisconsin decreased from 2011 t0 2013. According the a recent Georgetown University report, Wisconsin was ranked 14th in 2013, instead of 11th in 2011. Please read more here
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Report: Slowdown in connecting kids with health coverage
The Journal November 23, 2014 By Dan Heyman, According to a new report from the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University revealed that efforts to insure children have stalled across the country. Joan Alker, the center’s executive director and the author of the report, says although more children had been gaining health insurance…
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Who is still uninsured under Obamacare — and why
The Washington Post November 21, 2014 By Jason Millman With open enrollment for Obamacare, it’s a good time to count the millions of people who still don’t have insurance coverage. Around 10.3 million people gained coverage in the first year of expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), leaving about 32 million still lacking…
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More U.S. Kids Have Insurance, but Utah Lags
Public News Service November 20, 2014 By Troy Wilde, SALT LAKE CITY – A new report confirms what advocates for children in Utah have been saying for a while now: Expanding Medicaid would help reduce the state’s high rate of uninsured children. According to the study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, about…
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NC Makes Progress on Uninsured Children
North Carolina News Network November 20, 2014 By Bruce Ferrell, In a study by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, North Carolina reported that North Carolina is ranked second in the nation for its reduction of uninsured children. In the last five years, the number of uninsured children declined by 1.7 millions due to…
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State officials mum on Sarasota Memorial dispute with insurer
Herald Tribune November 20, 2014 By Maggie Clark Despite a threat that thousands of local needy residents could lose current access to the area’s only public hospital, Officials from the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) say they won’t yet provide an opinion as to whether Staywell WellCare’s decision to drop Sarasota Memorial from its network would go against Florida’s…
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State officials mum on Sarasota Memorial dispute with insurer
Herald Tribune November 20,2014 By Maggie Clark, SARASOTA – Despite a threat that thousands of local needy residents could lose current access to the area’s only public hospital, state officials say they won’t yet render an opinion on whether such a move would run afoul of Florida’s Medicaid rules. Officials from the Florida Agency for…
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More U.S. Kids Have Insurance, but Utah Lags
Public News Service November 20, 2014 By Troy Wilde, SALT LAKE CITY – A new report confirms what advocates for children in Utah have been saying for a while now: Expanding Medicaid would help reduce the state’s high rate of uninsured children. According to the study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families,…
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Progress Being Made, but Many Children in Florida Remain Uninsured
Kids Well Florida November 19, 2014 By Vance Aloupis, Recent studies by the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, revealed that progress in reducing the number of uninsured children has slowed, despite the numerous efforts states have done to decreases the rate of uninsured children. The rate of uninsured…
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Advocates Seek Immigrant Enrollment in Health Plans
Newsday November 18, 2014 By Victor Manuel Ramos There is a strong push from community advocates to help immigrants get access to health care, particularly children who can be insured regardless of their immigration status. Advocates are focussing especially on the Hispanic insurance rates, which are known to be disproportionately uninsured. According a study conducted…
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Disparities Remain as Insured Hispanic Kids Continue to Rise
Focus Daily News November 18, 2014 By John Michaelson Studies show that Hispanic kids remain twice as likely to be uninsured as their non-Hispanic white peers. According to a report from the national Council of La Raza and the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, 17 percent of Hispanic children in Texas do not have any health…
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Lawmakers eye final attempt at state-run exchange
Washington Times November 18, 2014 By Carla K. Johnson Illinois lawmakers may have one more chance to approve a state-run health insurance marketplace and they are under pressure from an end-of-the-year deadline and pending court decision. Governor Pat Quinn, who is scheduled to leave office in January, supports the idea and the Illinois Senate passed…
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Efforts are being made to reduce number of Hispanic children without health insurance
The Pittsburg Gazette November 18, 2014 Progress has been made in Texas and across the nation in reducing the number of Hispanic children without health insurance, but significant disparities still need to be addressed. According to the report from the National Council of La Raza and the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, 17 percent of…
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Kansas hospitals pressing ahead with Medicaid expansion proposal
The Hays Daily News November 16, 2014 By Jim McLean Kansas hospitals are moving ahead with plans to put a Medicaid expansion plan before lawmakers. Unfortunately however, Republican Governor Sam Brownback and several GOP challengers who returned to office and solidified conservative’s control of the Legislature, opposed expansion. Similar results across the country prompted national…
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In Nevada, One in Five Hispanic Children is Uninsured
KNPR News, Nevada Public Radio November 14, 2014 By Troy Wilde and Nevada News Service Though Nevada has improved, one in five Hispanic children in the state still do not have health insurance. A study released by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) showed that…
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Study shows high percentage of Hispanic children in NC are uninsured
The Progressive Pulse November 14, 2014 By Chavi Khanna Koneru, As enrollment for Affordable Care Act restart, it is important to note that more than five million children in the United States do not have any form of health insurance. In North Carolina, the enrollment problem is more pertinent to Hispanic children; the state ranks…
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Uninsured: More Than One in Five Hispanic Children in Utah
Public News Service November 14, 2014 By Troy Wilde, SALT LAKE CITY – The state has made some progress, but more than one in five Hispanic children in Utah still does not have health insurance, according to a new report. The study, released jointly by the National Council of La Raza and the Georgetown Center for…
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Report: “Insuring” Success of Florida’s Hispanic Children
Public News Service November 13, 2014 By Stephanie Carson, TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Many Hispanic children in Florida are eligible for health coverage, but aren’t able to access it, according to a report released this week by the National Council of La Raza and Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. While the number of uninsured Hispanic…