By Anna Strong, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Early evidence is already available in Arkansas to show the immediate benefits our state’s children are receiving from the Affordable Care Act. We’ve written before that research shows the BEST way to cover the state’s remaining 46,000 uninsured children is to make sure parents have access to affordable […]
By Tara Mancini A new study published in the Maternal Child Health Journal finds a positive relationship between continuity of coverage for adults and the likelihood that a child in the same household is also insured. The 30-month longitudinal study was conducted between 2003 and 2006 by researchers in Oregon who identified adults eligible for […]
(Editor’s Note: This blog is based on testimony presented by the author before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Human Services Committee today.) By George Hoover, Pennsylvania Partnership for Kids Pennsylvania has a strong history of providing health care coverage to children – a history that was built through bipartisan efforts and a commitment to “Cover […]
(Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Center for Children and Families’ “Covering Parents is Good for Kids” blog series. Previous blogs on this topic have pointed out that extending Medicaid coverage to parents will provide a good value to states; maternal, infant and early childhood home visiting programs help prevent child maltreatment; covering parents can help depressed mothers get treatment and improve […]
Four years ago today, President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act into law. In the audience that day to observe the signing ceremony was the Secrest family from Martinsville, Virginia. They had been invited as special guests as their children received coverage through FAMIS – Virginia’s CHIP program. Mr. Secrest had lost […]
Today was the first day of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) inaugural LEAD Conference. Our colleagues down the hall at the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform were the first GPPI research center to be featured at the annual LEAD Conference. The goal of the conference is to bridge research with practice. Dean Montgomery opened […]
