One-third of Utah kids risk becoming impoverished adults, new report says, By Marjorie Cortez, September 30, 2014, Deseret News: “Utah’s effort to end intergenerational poverty will start with 80 families. Next Generation Kids, a pilot program led by the Utah Department of Workforce Services, is underway in Ogden. State officials also plan to work with children and their families in Kearns and Salt Lake City’s Glendale neighborhood. That’s the result of more than three years of intensive study about intergenerational poverty in Utah that reveals one-third of children in the state are at risk of becoming impoverished adults…”
Day: September 30, 2014
Medicaid Enrollment and Access to Care
For many new Medicaid enrollees, care is hard to find, report says, By Robert Pear, September 27, 2014, New York Times: “Enrollment in Medicaid is surging as a result of the Affordable Care Act, but the Obama administration and state officials have done little to ensure that new beneficiaries have access to doctors after they get their Medicaid cards, federal investigators say in a new report. The report, to be issued this week by the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services, says state standards for access to care vary widely and are rarely enforced. As a result, it says, Medicaid patients often find that they must wait for months or travel long distances to see a doctor…”