Tag: childrens health insurance

Kids health insurance penetration is rising considerably with the ACA

Logan B.
Children’s Health Insurance Program kids

The number of uninsured children has seen a striking drop since the Affordable Care Act was implemented. The Anne E. Casey Foundation – a top children’s welfare group – urged federal and state lawmakers to maintain kids health insurance under the ACA. They sought continued investments into programs aimed at the amelioration of children’s health. Since Obamacare first passed, there number of uninsured kids in the United States fell like a stone. From 2010 through 2015 there was a massive spike in the number of children covered by kids health…

Read More

Children’s Health Insurance Program funding slashed in Trump budget

Nordstrom
Children’s Health Insurance Program

While that program is hacked down by 20 percent, millions more kids will be affected with the Medicaid reductions. President Donald Trump’s budget plans will take down the Children’s Health Insurance Program funds by at least a fifth of its current size within two years. At the same time, Medicaid, a program that covers millions of other kids, will also be axed down in size. Millions of families may watch their health plans disappear if the president’s proposed budget passes. The budget, entitled “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” would…

Read More

Florida health insurance loses Stars Plus plan

Marc
CHIP Health Insurance for Children

This takes away a coverage opportunity for children who have limited other options available. A special Florida health insurance plan called Stars Plus has been providing kids with few coverage options with financial support for their medical needs. Now, that health plan is being cancelled, reducing options for these families even further. The health plan will no longer be available as of the end of this year as it will not renew into 2017. At the moment, this special Florida health insurance plan provides coverage to 9,620 kids throughout the…

Read More

Tennessee children’s health insurance program will be federally funded

Julie Campbell
Children’s Health Insurance Program kids

The state is about to save over $100 million over two years as the federal government picks up the tab. As the federal government takes over the majority of the bill for the children’s health care program in Tennessee, the state will now be able to save more than $100 million over a span of two years. The state has managed this by taking advantage of a provision of the Affordable Car Act that isn’t widely known. This windfall is certainly expected to be a helpful one, though temporary, as…

Read More

Insurance coverage for children’s wigs could become mandatory

Julie Campbell
children wig health insurance coverage

If a new bill should pass the House in Michigan, it will mean health plans will be required to provide cover. New legislation that has been introduced in the Michigan House could soon mean that there will be health insurance coverage for wigs for children who have lost their hair as a result of an illness. This bill would classify the children’s wigs as being prosthetics and would require them to be covered. This way, the insurance coverage would be the same for the wigs as they would be for…

Read More