The Last Piece of the Puzzle
By Jocelyn Guyer Center for American Progress — Presentation Document May 2009
By Jocelyn Guyer Center for American Progress — Presentation Document May 2009
This fact sheet provides a review of the key provisions affecting children, families and low-income people.
By Jocelyn Guyer The nation has made significant progress in covering children, but nine million children still lack insurance and many more are at risk of not receiving the health care services that they need to develop and grow properly. To address these issues, children will need to be an integral part of the much […]
Last week, work on health care reform began in earnest on Capitol Hill. Senators Kennedy and Baucus (the Chairman of the Senate Health Education and Labor Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, respectively) began the week by issuing a joint letter about their intent to move health care reform bills, by the end […]
Author: Cindy Mann American Academy of Pediatrics — Presentation Document April 2009
While much progress has been made over the last decade in lowering the rate of uninsured children, the uninsured rate for parents remains significantly higher than for their children—and it has been growing rather than declining. States, however, can take steps similar to those that have been taken on behalf of children to expand coverage […]