Washington– Health insurance coverage for nearly one in three people receiving coverage through Medicaid or CHIP could be put at risk if stability protections in the Affordable Care Act are rescinded according to a research report issued today by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families. The report also highlights the […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Georgetown University Center for Children and Families Co-Executive Directors, Joan Alker and Jocelyn Guyer, issued the following statement on efforts by the Administration to improve access to coverage for children with pre-existing conditions. “The Administration took strong action today to help ensure that children with pre-existing conditions can secure health care coverage. […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Georgetown University Center for Children and Families Co-Director, Jocelyn Guyer, issued the following statement in response to the decision by several prominent insurance companies to drop child-only plans. “The recent decision by several large insurance companies to eliminate child-only policies on the individual market to avoid having to offer coverage to children […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Georgetown University Center for Children and Families Co-Director Joan Alker issued the following statement in response to the release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States (2009) report: “The U.S. Census data released today provide a glimpse of the toll the recession has taken […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Georgetown University Center for Children and Families Co-Director Jocelyn Guyer issued the following statement in response to the release of an Urban Institute report that provides state-level data on uninsured children eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP and the Department of Health and Human Services Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge: […]
The Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) has received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to serve as a policy and technical resource center for the National Covering Kids & Families Network (NCKFN). CCF will provide technical support through policy research and analysis and facilitate information sharing, networking, communications, collaboration, and peer-to-peer […]
