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Recession doesn't keep some states from expanding health coverage | Seattle/LocalHealthGuide
7 hours ago ago from Seattle Local Health Guide
By Phil Galewitz KHN Staff Writer Despite the economic downturn that's busting state budgets from Sacramento to Tallahassee, 26 states this year made it easier for low-income children, parents or pregnant women to get health coverage, according to a report released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. But the gains could be fleeting as most were made possible by new federal stimulus dollars, which run out at the end of 2010, ...
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9 hours ago ago from Gastroenterology, Proctology, Digestive Disorders
Despite the economic downturn that's busting state budgets from Sacramento to Tallahassee, 26 states this year made it easier for low-income children, parents or pregnant women to get health coverage, according to a report released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. But the gains could be fleeting as most were made possible by new federal stimulus dollars, which run out at the end of 2010, along with a requirement that states ...
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1 hour, 25 minutes ago ago from Affordable Medical US
There was much talk about the possible inclusion in the public version of the bill on health reform. Despite the controversy, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to ensure public health insurance programs, designed to compete with private health insurance schemes, is included but there's a catch. The new provision allows States to adopt legislation that excludes them from the public version. With this strategy, Democrats in both houses of ...
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7 hours ago ago from Health Routines
Since spring, noisy sometime rancorous health-care-reform debate kept eyes ears Washington. It appears probability high health-care-reform bill signed President Obama. Given state contemplating respect next round budget cuts, I sharp focus health care Arizona needed now. Gov. Jan Brewer rightfully placed options table difficult and, times, bruising work state leaders address approaching $2 billion shortfall state budget. This ...
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States Sustain and Expand Coverage for Low-Income Children and Families Despite Recession, But Gains Are Threatened By Impending End of Federal Assistance
18 hours ago ago from FanHouse
New 50-State Survey Illustrates Key Role of CHIP Reauthorization and the Federal Stimulus Law in Safeguarding Coverage WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite the deep recession, most states have managed to safeguard and, in some cases, expand health coverage for children and parents in their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs in 2009, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on ...
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6 hours ago ago from Good News Now
RICHMOND, Va. -States cut funding for state tobacco prevention programs more than 15 percent this year, pushing it further than ever below federally recommended levels, according to a report that a coalition of public health groups is releasing Wednesday. The states will spend $567.5 million of their own money and $62 million in federal grants on programs to prevent tobacco use about 17 percent as much as the $3.7 billion the federal Centers ...
Related contentMobile Phone Technology May Address Unmet Needs of Parents of Children With Diabetes, Sending Blood Sugar Readings Via Text, to Help Manage Child's Illness
17 hours ago ago from Good News Now
According to new study conducted by the Center for Connected Health, parents most concerned about access to their child's healthcare provider BOSTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a recent study conducted by the Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare, new data revealed that parents of children with diabetes were receptive to using novel health technology - such as a mobile phone that could collect and transmit ...
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18 hours ago ago from Good News Now
Charter Success Begins in the State House, CER Says WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Of the 40 states (and the District of Columbia) that allow for charter schools, only 13 have strong laws that do not require significant revisions, according to a report released today by The Center for Education Reform. The report, Charter Laws Across the States, answers key questions, including: who can approve and authorize charters in states, ...
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13 hours ago ago from Good News Now
WASHINGTON -Senior lawmakers are wrapping the budgets of nine Cabinet agencies into a $1.1 trillion spending bill they hope to complete by Christmas, a top Democrat said Tuesday. The measure would combine six of the dozen annual appropriations bills for the budget year that began Oct. 1. It combines a huge increase in foreign aid with an 18 percent cut to a program that helps states with the cost of incarcerating criminal illegal immigrants. ...
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