- Millions of poor children could lose health care if Congress doesn’t act soon, By Natasha Rausch, December 1, 2017, Bloomberg: “States from Oregon to Massachusetts are scrambling to help millions of poor families whose children could lose coverage if Congress fails to reinstate a health insurance program that was approved two decades ago with bipartisan support…”
- Two months expired, Children’s Health Insurance awaits approval in a Congress mired in fighting, By Jessica Wehrman, November 29, 2017, Columbus Dispatch: “The federal program that provides health insurance to nearly 9 million low income children — including 219,000 in Ohio — expired two months ago, and states are beginning to panic that they’ll have to cut services to vulnerable families beginning early next year…”
- What happens if Congress doesn’t fund the health insurance used by almost 2 million kids and pregnant women in California?, By Sarah D. Wire, November 29, 2017, Los Angeles Times: “Unless Congress comes to an agreement fast, federal funding for a program that provides health insurance to 2 million California children and pregnant women will run out around the end of the year…”
- Congress has two months to act or 75,000 kids and pregnant women in Colorado will lose health insurance, By John Ingold, November 27, 2017, Denver Post: “In two months, when Alejandra Borunda’s 8-year-old son awakes screaming with one of his regular ear infections, she will pause before deciding whether to take him to a doctor…”
- Texas eager to avoid telling nearly a half-million kids — right before Christmas — that they’ve lost health coverage, By Jackie Wang, November 28, 2017, Dallas News: “Gov. Greg Abbott’s administration is trying to avoid mailing health insurance cancellation notices to nearly half a million children three days before Christmas. Unless it can get $90 million more in federal funding, though, Texas will end its Children’s Health Insurance Program on Jan. 31…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty