Massachusetts: A Model for Success in Building on Existing Public Programs to Assure Health Coverage for Children and Families
This fact sheet summarizes an analysis of the health reform effort in Massachusetts, and how it used existing coverage...
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This fact sheet summarizes an analysis of the health reform effort in Massachusetts, and how it used existing coverage...
School-based health centers perform an essential service for children throughout the country. This fact sheet explains why an expanded...
Children have a lot at stake in the national health reform debate. This fact sheet lays out a set...
Healthy Start works, but current funding levels don’t allow local Healthy Start sites to meet the need. Learn more...
In an effort to determine how children may fare in Congressional health reform proposals that eliminate the Children’s Health...
This fact sheet provides an overview of First Focus poll results about Children in Health Reform. The poll reveals...
This brief that explains how the Family Tax Relief Act of 2009 (S.997) would increase the overall value of...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increases the federal share of Medicaid and Title IV-E (Federal Payments...
Provides a brief overview of discretionary spending on children included in the 2009 US House of Representatives Omnibus. In...