- Defying slump, 13 states insure more children, By Kevin Sack, July 18, 2009, New York Times: “Despite budgets ravaged by the recession, at least 13 states have invested millions of dollars this year to cover 250,000 more children with subsidized government health insurance…”
- Governors fear Medicaid costs in health plan, By Kevin Sack and Robert Pear, July 19, 2009, New York Times: “The nation’s governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern Sunday about the shape of the health care plan emerging from Congress, fearing that Washington was about to hand them expensive new Medicaid obligations without money to pay for them…”
- More uninsured patients cause struggle for local hospitals, By Sarah Tompkins, July 19, 2009, Munster Times: “While about 700 working Hoosiers each week lose health insurance during the declining economy, local hospitals and doctors are left to figure out how they can continue to treat more and more uninsured…”
- Millions more lacking insurance, By Mark Johnson, July 19, 2009, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “This month, Pierre Aterianus is due back at the doctor for twice-a-year tests of his high cholesterol, but he may stay home and simply hope he isn’t heading toward a heart attack or stroke. Aterianus, who is 57 and lives in Whitefish Bay with his 23-year-old daughter, was laid off in January from his engineering job…”
- Healthy Kids expansion to take time, By Margot Sanger-Katz, July 17, 2009, Concord Monitor: “Gov. John Lynch signed a bill yesterday that will allow young adults to purchase low-cost health insurance from a state plan originally designed for low-income children…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty