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More children, and low-income kids, getting health insurance: study
More children, and low-income kids, getting health insurance: study
By Russ Britt
More children are getting health insurance, with the greatest increases coming in low-income households...The analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says the percentage of children without health coverage was 7.5% in 2012, the most recent year for which data are available. That’s down from 9.7% in 2008, according to research conducted by the University of Minnesota.
Low-income households made the greatest gains in getting children insured. That income group, within 138% of the federal poverty line, reportedly had 10.4% of children left uninsured, down from 15.5% in 2008.
Larger gains were made among Hispanic and non-white families. Among Hispanics, 12.6% of children were uninsured in 2012, down from 18.3% in 2008. For non-whites, 7.1% of this group was uncovered in 2012, down from 9.6%.
No state saw a decline in insured children. The greatest drops came from Oregon, Florida, Delaware, Mississippi, South Dakota and Idaho. All saw the percentage of uninsured children drop by five or more points.
The study year doesn’t include the effects of the Affordable Care Act, which started taking applicants Oct. 1, 2013. Future studies are expected to gauge the effects of Obamacare.
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/health-exchange/2014/04/10/more-children-and-low-income-kids-getting-health-insurance-study/
By Russ Britt
More children are getting health insurance, with the greatest increases coming in low-income households...The analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says the percentage of children without health coverage was 7.5% in 2012, the most recent year for which data are available. That’s down from 9.7% in 2008, according to research conducted by the University of Minnesota.
Low-income households made the greatest gains in getting children insured. That income group, within 138% of the federal poverty line, reportedly had 10.4% of children left uninsured, down from 15.5% in 2008.
Larger gains were made among Hispanic and non-white families. Among Hispanics, 12.6% of children were uninsured in 2012, down from 18.3% in 2008. For non-whites, 7.1% of this group was uncovered in 2012, down from 9.6%.
No state saw a decline in insured children. The greatest drops came from Oregon, Florida, Delaware, Mississippi, South Dakota and Idaho. All saw the percentage of uninsured children drop by five or more points.
The study year doesn’t include the effects of the Affordable Care Act, which started taking applicants Oct. 1, 2013. Future studies are expected to gauge the effects of Obamacare.
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/health-exchange/2014/04/10/more-children-and-low-income-kids-getting-health-insurance-study/
Huge! This is a direct result of the CHIP expansion and an Obamacare provision.
Obama Signs Children’s Health Insurance Bill
By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill extending health insurance to millions of low-income children, and President Obama signed it this afternoon, in the first of what he hopes will be many steps to guarantee coverage for all Americans.
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The roll call ended a two-year odyssey for the child health legislation, which President George W. Bush adamantly opposed on the ground it would lead to “government-run health care for every American.”
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In a major change, the bill allows states to cover certain legal immigrants — namely, children under 21 and pregnant women — as well as citizens.
Until now, legal immigrants have generally been barred from Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years after they enter the United States. States will now be able to cover those immigrants without the five-year delay.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/us/politics/05health.html
By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill extending health insurance to millions of low-income children, and President Obama signed it this afternoon, in the first of what he hopes will be many steps to guarantee coverage for all Americans.
<...>
The roll call ended a two-year odyssey for the child health legislation, which President George W. Bush adamantly opposed on the ground it would lead to “government-run health care for every American.”
<...>
In a major change, the bill allows states to cover certain legal immigrants — namely, children under 21 and pregnant women — as well as citizens.
Until now, legal immigrants have generally been barred from Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years after they enter the United States. States will now be able to cover those immigrants without the five-year delay.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/us/politics/05health.html
Low-income state workers begin to gain access to Children’s Health Insurance Program
By Sarah Barr
At least six states have opened their Children’s Health Insurance Program to the kids of low-income state employees, an option that was prohibited until the passage of the 2010 health-care law.
This relatively small step has as its backdrop years of debate over the program, known as CHIP, including concerns that it encourages states — and consumers — to replace private insurance with taxpayer-subsidized coverage.
Now, as a result of the policy change, families of lower-income state workers who have struggled to pay for family coverage can qualify for the program. CHIP, which is jointly financed by the states and the federal government, provides coverage to the uninsured children of families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance.
The federal government had closed that option to most states when CHIP was established in 1997, because of concerns that it might be an easy way for financially strapped states to shift the costs of some public-employee health benefits to the federal government. Federal employees were allowed to enroll their children.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2011/11/04/gIQAeDvotM_story.htm
By Sarah Barr
At least six states have opened their Children’s Health Insurance Program to the kids of low-income state employees, an option that was prohibited until the passage of the 2010 health-care law.
This relatively small step has as its backdrop years of debate over the program, known as CHIP, including concerns that it encourages states — and consumers — to replace private insurance with taxpayer-subsidized coverage.
Now, as a result of the policy change, families of lower-income state workers who have struggled to pay for family coverage can qualify for the program. CHIP, which is jointly financed by the states and the federal government, provides coverage to the uninsured children of families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance.
The federal government had closed that option to most states when CHIP was established in 1997, because of concerns that it might be an easy way for financially strapped states to shift the costs of some public-employee health benefits to the federal government. Federal employees were allowed to enroll their children.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2011/11/04/gIQAeDvotM_story.htm
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