Tag: kids 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…

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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…

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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…

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Arkansas health insurance backlog creates issue with children’s coverage

H. Cutner
Children arkansas health insurance

Some parents in the state are struggling to obtain the plans they need to make sure their kids are covered. Parents are feeling a substantial headache from an Arkansas health insurance backlog that is making it difficult for them to be able to buy a plan that will cover their kids. Hundreds of thousands of people in the state are now sitting on a waiting list for their coverage approval. The waiting list is the result of a backlog with the Arkansas health insurance options such as ARKids, Medicaid, and…

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Ongoing funding for children’s health insurance sought by Senator Bob Casey

Julie Campbell
Children’s Health Insurance Program

The U.S. Senator has stated that he is in opposition of the push by congressional Republicans to reduce the funds. If congressional Republicans were to have their way, then the popular federal children’s health insurance program (CHIP) would be reduced in size, in a move that U.S. Senator Bob Casey has said that he will oppose. Casey explained that he would like Congress to progress with a reauthorization of CHIP into 2019. Senator Casey held a conference call with reporters in which he explained that he is hopeful that Congress…

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Health insurance for children sees slowing in expansion

CHIP Health Insurance for Children

The broadening of the medical coverage for kids in Florida may be stalling out. Now that the legislative session in Florida is already a third complete, a bill that would work to shrink the health insurance coverage gaps for children in the state has been passed only one committee and looks as though it will not completely pass. The bill is designed to help to cover children who have lost other forms of medical coverage. Rep. Gayle Harrell (R-Stewart) presented the HB 689 proposal that was designed to help kids…

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Health insurance is looking good for kids in Ohio

Children’s Health Insurance Program kids

Coverage has dramatically increased among children residing in that state. Even though the state of Ohio has been facing notable struggles with poverty rates, the children in the state have benefited from increasing health insurance coverage. This is particularly true in the 2011 statistics from Ross County. The number of uninsured children in Ross County fell from having been 9.1 percent in 2010, to a miniscule 0.9 percent last year. That accomplishment exceeded the state-wide scores, which dropped from 6 percent to 5.8 percent for children who did not have…

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