Media Coverage
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Local Expert Answers Your Questions About The Affordable Care Act
WUSA 9 September 26, 2013 By Thomas James WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — Many of our viewers in the metro area have many questions about the affordable care act. How will it affect you and your families? So we presented Sonya Schwartz of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families with a few questions from YOU about the new healthcare legislation.…
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Poverty Rate Holding Steady, But Fewer Children Uninsured
New America Media September 26, 2013 By Anna Challet While poverty remains at historically high levels, the percentage of people in the United States – especially children – who lack health insurance is declining, according to new data released by the Census Bureau. “The big changes are in health insurance,” said David S. Johnson, the…
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‘Family glitch’ in health law could be painful
USA Today September 23, 2013 By Kelly Kennedy A so-called “family glitch” in the 2010 health care law threatens to cost some families thousands of dollars in health insurance costs and leave up to 500,000 children without coverage, insurance and health care analysts say. That’s unless Congress fixes the problem, which seems unlikely given the…
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The ACA’s ‘Family Glitch’ Could Hurt Families Who Need CHIP
Stateline september 20, 2013 By Christine Vestal The Affordable Care Act is primarily aimed at insuring more adults, including parents. In the process, a substantial number of uninsured children may also get coverage as their parents learn more about federal and state subsidies. Just how many will depend on whether states maintain their existing Children’s Health…
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Expanding Medicaid Would Save Florida $100 Million Per Year
Think Progress November 16, 2012 By Tara Culp-Ressler Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has been an outspoken opponents of President Obama’s landmark health reform law over the past year. Back in July, he announced that his state would not be setting up a health insurance exchange or expanding the Medicaid program under Obamacare, even though his…
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Report: Medicaid expansion would save money
Jacksonville Business Journal November 16, 2012 Florida could save up to $100 million a year if it implements a new expansion of the joint state-federal Medicaid program for low-income residents, according to a new report. The paper, from the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University, said any costs to the state for expanding Medicaid under the…
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Expanding Medicaid could save Florida money, study says
Tampa Bay Times November 16, 2012 By Tia Mitchell Under the federal health care law, Florida lawmakers have the option of adding roughly 950,000 people to the Medicaid rolls, with the federal government covering most of the initial costs. Gov. Rick Scott has repeatedly expressed reservations about the cost of allowing more people access to…
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Florida Medicaid Expansion Would Pay Off, 3 Studies Say
WUSF News By Carol Gentry November 15, 2012 Florida could gain a badly-needed economic boost and thousands of new jobs each year if state officials accept federal funds to expand Medicaid, three new studies say. One study calculates the payoff at 16-to-1. The studies — two by university researchers, one by a hospital association —…
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Expanding Medicaid could save state millions, report says
Gainesville Sun November 15, 2012 By Kristine Crane Florida could save as much as $100 million a year by expanding Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care Act, according to a study released today by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. Florida’s expansion of Medicaid would cover an estimated 800,000-1.3 million of the state’s currently…
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Report: Fla. could save money expanding Medicaid
Associated Press November 15, 2012 By Kelli Kennedy MIAMI (AP) – A health report released Thursday estimates the state could expand its Medicaid coverage to more than 1 million residents without spending additional money by offsetting costs in state-funded hospital programs and other safety nets. The study by Georgetown University Health Policy Institute comes days…
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Study says expanding Medicaid could save Florida money
Miami Herald November 15, 2012 By Tia Mitchell Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that the Medicaid expansion authorized under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is optional for states, Florida has a decision to make. Florida lawmakers have the option of adding roughly 950,000 people to the Medicaid rolls, with the federal government…
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Expanding Medicaid pays off?
Health News Florida November 15, 2012 By Carol Gentry Florida could gain a badly-needed economic boost and thousands of new jobs each year if state officials accept federal funds to expand Medicaid, three new studies say. One study calculates the payoff at 16-to-1. The studies — two by university researchers, one by a hospital association…
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Accepting Obamacare will aid needy children
Tampa Bay Times November 15, 2012 By Dr. Marc J. Yacht, Guest columnist The numbers are enormous. A recent study released by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families concluded that 475,112 Florida children are uninsured. The Kaiser Family Foundation suggests 591,000 are uninsured. There are 4 million children in Florida; 2 million…
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Florida Faces Decision on Changes to Medicaid Program; Research Shows Extending Coverage Could Save the State Money
In the wake of President Obama’s re-election, uncertainty about implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has disappeared and the State of Florida now faces important decisions regarding its Medicaid program. Among the most critical of these is whether or not to exercise its option to expand Medicaid coverage to Florida residents with…
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Florida leaders still deciding fate of Obamacare
Tampa Bay Times November 15, 2012 By Jodie Tillman and Letitia Stein President Barack Obama’s signature health care program, which could extend coverage to most of the 4 million uninsured Floridians, is hardly a done deal in the Sunshine State. Republican state leaders, counting on a Mitt Romney victory and the end of Obamacare, stalled key action to…
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Golden State’s health-coverage woes: Reports shed light on California’s medical-insurance woes
Chico News & Review November 1, 2012 More than a million Californians lost their employer-based health coverage between 2009 and 2011, a new study finds. The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that the number of state residents with employer-based coverage decreased from 17.3 million in 2009 to 16.1 million in 2011, or from…
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GA ranks low in uninsured kids
WALB 10 November 1, 2012 By Ashton Pellom Georgia ranks almost near the bottom when it comes the number of uninsured children. A study by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families ranks Georgia 48th in the country when it comes to children being covered by health insurance. The study says the state’s number of…
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Fewer Uninsured Kids in State, but Program Responsible for Drop Is Now Gone
All Gov California October 31, 2012 By Ken Broder California has had marked success since 2009 at getting more children medically insured—and, consequently, provided with better health care—but the program critical to that success was axed this year by Governor Jerry Brown’s budget. A study by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute found that the…
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Number of Uninsured Children On The Rise
Nevada Public Radio AIR DATE: October 31, 2012 LISTEN TO M3U | DOWNLOAD MP3 Why is the number of uninsured kids in Nevada growing? In most other states, the number is going down. How does a lack of insurance, especially among kids, affect us as a community? GUESTS Dr. Noah Kohn, founder and director of…
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Romney Praises State-Level Innovations In Medicaid, Then Proposes Cuts That Would Stifle Them
Think Progress October 30, 2012 By Jeff Spross Mitt Romney’s plan for Medicaid actually comes in two distinct parts: One, block grant the program, thus turning administration of it completely over to state governments. Two, cut the program as a share of the economy by a third over the next decade, and keep cutting after…