Media Coverage

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer October 30, 2012 Between 2009 and 2011, the number of Georgia children not covered by any kind of health insurance fell by almost 45,000. When thousands of the state’s most vulnerable citizens have access to health care they didn’t have before, that’s good news by any measure. By another measure of child welfare,…

KTVZ October 26, 2012 The number of uninsured children in Oregon decreased by 3.1 percent from 2009 to 2011, tying Texas for the largest decline in the country, according to a new report by Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families. “We are proud to see that enrollment efforts have succeeded and…

Denver Post October 24, 2012 By Michael Booth Colorado made a dent in the number of children without health insurance from 2009 to 2011, but fell a bit further behind the national average, according to a new study by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. Using Census Bureau data, Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families…

Kansas Public Radio Oct. 24, 2012 By Bryan Thompson WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kansas has done a good job the past couple of years covering more children with health insurance. In 2009, 8.2 per cent of children in Kansas were uninsured, according to a new report from the Georgetown Center on Children and Families. Two years later, the…

Health News Florida October 23, 2012 By Carol Gentry Florida is making great progress in getting children enrolled in health insurance, according to a reportreleased Tuesday. But the authors warn the trend could stall if the state rejects Medicaid expansion. Between 2009 and 2011, despite the bad economy, Florida was able to reduce the number of…

Sacramento Bee October 24, 2012 By Dan Walteres California, the nation’s most populous state, also has the nation’s largest number of medically uninsured children, but has lowered that number sharply in recent years, according to a new study by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. Ironically, however, the study attributes that decline from 2009 to 2011, in part,…

The Clarion-Ledger October 23, 2012 By Geoff Pender Between 2009 and 2011, Mississippi reduced its rate of uninsured children, from more than 10 percent to 8.1 percent, according to a report by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. But with more than 60,000 children in the state still uninsured, officials with Georgetown and Mississippi…

Health Care for All New York October 23, 2012 Nationally, the number of uninsured children decreased to 5.5 million in 2011 from 6.4 million in 2009, according to a new report by the Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. New York has contributed to that success by extending coverage to more children through Medicaid…

Associated Press October 7, 2012 By Kelli Kennedy MIAMI (AP) — Millions of uninsured Florida families and health care providers are in a purgatory of sorts. Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-led Legislature want to privatize the state’s Medicaid program, but need the Obama administration’s permission. The Obama administration wants to make more low-income Floridians eligible for Medicaid,…

WESA September 25, 2012 By Erika Beras Eva Bednar’s 44-year-old son Andrew is an epileptic, he has been diagnosed with intermitent explosive disorder and he is borderline intellectually disabled.  This summer he was one of thousands of adults who the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare cut from its medical assistance program for the poor and disabled. Andrew…