Medicaid enrollees continue to get vaccinated against covid at far lower rates than the general population despite vigorous outreach efforts by government officials and private organizations to get low-income people inoculated, according to data from several states. That leaves many Medicaid enrollees — who tend to be sicker than those with private insurance — at […]
A popular U.S. federal-state program that provides health coverage to millions of children in lower- and middle-class families is up for renewal 30 September. But in a deeply divided Congress facing such pressing concerns as extending the nation’s debt ceiling, finding money for the Hurricane Harvey cleanup and keeping the government open, some health advocates […]
Citing U.S. Congress’ failure to restore federal funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Alabama plans to drop 7,000 children from coverage on New Year’s Day, the first step to shutting down coverage for everyone, state officials said 18 December. Those children, who are up for their yearly renewal in January, will not be […]
When high levels of lead were discovered in the public water system in Flint, Michigan, in 2015, Medicaid stepped in to help thousands of children get tested for poisoning and receive care. When disabled children need to get to doctors’ appointments — either across town or hundreds of miles away — Medicaid pays for their transportation. […]
Sherri and Thomas Croom have been foster parents to 27 children — from newborns to teenagers — during the past decade. That has meant visits to dozens of doctors and dentists for issues ranging from a tonsillectomy to depression. Although foster parenting has innumerable challenges, healthcare coverage for the children isn’t one of them. Medicaid, […]
