Red tape leaves some low-income toddlers without health insurance, By Michelle Andrews, July 12, 2016, National Public Radio: “Many babies born to mothers who are covered by Medicaid are automatically eligible for that health insurance coverage during their first year of life. In a handful of states, the same is true for babies born to women covered by the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Yet, this approach is routinely undermined by another federal policy that requires babies’ eligibility for these programs to be re-evaluated on their first birthday. Although they’re likely still eligible for coverage, many of these toddlers don’t get it because of a tangle of red tape…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty