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• Casey Pushes for Full Funding of CHIP

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  In October, it was Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) who rescued the Children’s Health Insurance Program from oblivion in the Senate Finance Committee. This week, it’s Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.) pushing to provide full funding (and then some) for the popular program as the Democrats’ health reform bill moves on ...
  4 days ago

• Uninsured children

  
  Larry James' Urban Daily — Authority: 131
  This from a recent Johns Hopkins study: Using more than 23 million hospital records from 37 states between 1988 and 2005, the Johns Hopkins investigators compared the risk of death in children with insurance and in those without. Other factors being equal, researchers found that uninsured children in the study were ...
  1 week ago

• Florida Health Insurance Guidance

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 466
  Finding health insurance in Florida does not have to be a difficult challenge.  According to the article “Florida Health Insurance Buyers Guide” from TransWorldNews, there are certain Florida health insurance regulations that should be understood when shopping around. Florida health insurance, like most ...
  1 week ago

• Geisinger Health Plan Tackling Childhood Obesity

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 466
  According to the article “Geisinger Study Aims to Find Fun, Effective Way to Combat Pediatric Obesity” found of their website, childhood obesity in the US is on the rise.  With this comes a significant raise in the risk of type 2 diabetes.  This has motivated Geisinger Health Plan to do something about it. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Experts: CHIP Repeal Threatens Kids’ Care

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 735
  Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) (Photo by Mark Murrmann/ZUMA Press) The Democrats’  proposal to terminate the Children’s Health Insurance Program would hike health care costs for some of the country’s low-income families, likely increasing the number of uninsured kids in the name of expanding coverage, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dallas Health Insurance Important in Case of H1N1

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 466
  This Monday, health officials in Dallas reported the 17th death linked to the H1N1 virus in Dallas County according to the article “Dallas County Reports 17th H1N1 Death” by WFAA.com staff on that website.  A 51 year old man with an underlying health issue passed away recently and was infected with H1N1 according ...
  3 weeks ago

• Missouri should increase eligibilty for children’s health program

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 143
  First off, Missouri should be commended for not making cuts to the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, (SCHIP) despite a decline in state revenue. While fourteen states across the country have tightened eligibility requirements or decreased covered services, thus far,…
  3 weeks ago

• Harkin Non-Committal on Preservation of CHIP

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 735
  Though it’s been little mentioned throughout the health reform debate, there’s a showdown brewing between House and Senate Democrats over the future of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, previously know as SCHIP. House lawmakers have proposed to do away with the program at the end of 2013, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Initial Costs, Applied To Deductible

  
  Disabilities Unlimited — Authority: 121
  Deductible – This is the amount some plans ask you to pay first before the plan makes any payments. This could be a low dollar amount or it could be high. The deductible is an annual event. Either starting over at the beginning of the calendar year or the beginning of the policy year. While a high deductible sounds ...
  3 weeks ago

• State Farm Health Insurance Shows Support for Veterans

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 466
  To recognize Veterans Day, State Farm Insurance is helping to say thank you to military members and their families according to the article found on reuters.com through PRNewswire sourced from State Farm.  State Farm, which offers State Farm health insurance , auto, and property insurance, will be donating $1 for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Low-Income Children Could Be Worse Off After Health Care Reform

  
  Poverty & Policy — Authority: 410
  Hundreds of concerned citizens answered the Childrens Defense Funds call to join a "stroller brigade" to the U.S. Capitol or in one of at least 16 communities across the U.S. These brigades were to demonstrate grassroots support for "comprehensive, affordable, accessible health care for all children, no matter where ...
  4 weeks ago

• Rockefeller: Proposal to Repeal CHIP Is ‘Harmful’ and ‘Intolerable’

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), who last month salvaged the Children’s Health Insurance Program in the Senate’s health reform bill, just issued a statement condemning the House legislation for proposing to terminate the program. “As health reform moves forward, we need to make sure children can keep their ...
  4 weeks ago

• Republican Attacks the Proposed Repeal of CHIP

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  By calling for the end of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, House Democratic leaders have put themselves in the uncomfortable position of claiming that the program they fought so hard to preserve and expand in recent years is no longer worth keeping around. At least one Republican lawmaker is ...
  4 weeks ago

• House Health Reform Bill Repeals Popular CHIP Program

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 733
  This article was originally published at Washington Independent and is republished here as part of a partnership between R H Reality Check , Washington Independent and the Center for Independent Media. Not even nine months after President Obama, with much fanfare, signed into law a five year, $33 billion ...
  4 weeks ago

• House Health Reform Bill Repeals Popular CHIP Program

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Not even nine months after President Obama, with much fanfare, signed into law a five year, $33 billion reauthorization of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, House Democrats have proposed to dismantle it. Under the $894 billion health reform legislation that House leaders unveiled last week, CHIP ...
  4 weeks ago

• Healthcare Reform: What about the children?

  
  Zane Safrit — Authority: 128
  I believe the children are our future Teach them well And let them lead the way Show them all the beauty They possess inside Whitney Houston wrote and sang this in The Greatest Love of All. The lyrics came to mind as I read this statistic: Uninsured children are 60% more likely todie in the hospital than ...
  4 weeks ago

• Geisinger Health Plan Releases Influenza Update

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 466
  Geisinger Health Plan recently released an update on the 2009 Influenza flu season.  This is found in the article “Influenza Update From Geisinger Health System: 900 Cases” by Dr. Lisa Esolen who is the director for Geisinger Health System Infection Control on Poconorecord.com. They continue to see a steady ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hospitalized Children Without Insurance Are More Likely to Die, a Study Finds

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 899
  A new study documents higher death rates among hospitalized children who lack insurance. But why?
  5 weeks ago

• Study: 17,000 Children Died Because They Lacked Health Insurance

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 725
  Baltimore, MD (AHN) – Researchers from John Hopkins Children’s Center say lack of health insurance might have led or contributed to nearly 17,000 deaths among hospitalized children in the United States over the last twenty years. The study is one of the largest ever to look at the impact of insurance on the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Dallas Health Insurance For Children

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 466
  Dallas County will lead the state of Texas in the percent of kids without insurance according to the article “Dallas County Leads State In Uninsured Children” by Jason Roberson on dallasnews.com.  The rate of uninsured children in Dallas County is about triple the national average based on the report released ...
  5 weeks ago

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