Many former foster youths don’t know they have health care, By Ray Glier, October 1, 2015, National Public Radio: “Laticia Aossey was flat on her back in an Iowa hospital bed with a tube up her nose, a needle for a peripheral IV stuck in one arm and monitors pasted to her body. It was early June 2014, a week after her 18th birthday, when a friend brought Aossey’s mail from home — including one ominous letter. Aossey’s health insurance was about to be discontinued…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty