Health News
- County Data Paint Specific Pictures Of Health; Ashland Paper Is One Of First To Pick Up On It And Do A Story
More progress is needed to make sure children from low-income families are going to the dentist is just one of the findings of the 2011 Kentucky Kids Count County Data, released by Kentucky Youth Advocates. The data paint a detailed portrait of each...
- Flexibility Act Would Give States More Medicaid Authority, But It Could Mean That Fewer Children Would Have Health Coverage
MEDICAID PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL STATE SPENDING?Children's advocates are concerned the proposed State Flexibility Act would result in more children living without health insurance in Kentucky. The act "would repeal protections put in place for states...
- Three Major Ways The Aca Helps Young Adults With Special Health Care Needs
Many children with special health care needs and their families rely on the support of state and federal government programs or benefits to allow them to get the care they need. Without this governmental support, many of these children and young adults...
- Starting July 1 In Illinois: "some" Kids Instead Of "all Kids"
In 2010, a study conducted by the University of Illinois at Chicago showed that over 95% of Illinois? kids had insurance coverage, making Illinois a state with one of the lowest rates of uninsured children in the nation. Much of this success can be attributed...
- Recent "medicaid Reforms" In Illinois: How Do They Impact State Implementation Of The Aca?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers states financial and health care coverage opportunities but also imposes administrative and structural requirements for states to meet in a very short timetable. There is, however, substantial federal money available...
Health News
More Kentucky children are insured under KCHIP, Medicaid; groups commend effort, ask for improvements
In the two years since the national Children's Health Insurance Program was reauthorized, about 51,700 children have been enrolled in Kentucky CHIP and Medicaid. Three advocacy groups -- Covering Kentucky Kids and Families, Kentucky Youth Advocates and Kentucky Voices for Health -- commended that effort and asked for greater efficiency in KCHIP.
"The number of uninsured children in Kentucky has dropped despite the loss of jobs and employer-sponsored coverage in our state," the three groups said in a statement Feb. 3. They asked that KCHIP be made more efficient by "allowing continuous eligibility, matching application information with existing databases, and developing web-based applications."
In Kentucky, kids up to age 19, with family incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level, are eligible for KCHIP. That equates to an annual earnings of $44,000 for a family of four. (Read more)
- County Data Paint Specific Pictures Of Health; Ashland Paper Is One Of First To Pick Up On It And Do A Story
More progress is needed to make sure children from low-income families are going to the dentist is just one of the findings of the 2011 Kentucky Kids Count County Data, released by Kentucky Youth Advocates. The data paint a detailed portrait of each...
- Flexibility Act Would Give States More Medicaid Authority, But It Could Mean That Fewer Children Would Have Health Coverage
MEDICAID PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL STATE SPENDING?Children's advocates are concerned the proposed State Flexibility Act would result in more children living without health insurance in Kentucky. The act "would repeal protections put in place for states...
- Three Major Ways The Aca Helps Young Adults With Special Health Care Needs
Many children with special health care needs and their families rely on the support of state and federal government programs or benefits to allow them to get the care they need. Without this governmental support, many of these children and young adults...
- Starting July 1 In Illinois: "some" Kids Instead Of "all Kids"
In 2010, a study conducted by the University of Illinois at Chicago showed that over 95% of Illinois? kids had insurance coverage, making Illinois a state with one of the lowest rates of uninsured children in the nation. Much of this success can be attributed...
- Recent "medicaid Reforms" In Illinois: How Do They Impact State Implementation Of The Aca?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers states financial and health care coverage opportunities but also imposes administrative and structural requirements for states to meet in a very short timetable. There is, however, substantial federal money available...