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First Focus on Children calls for urgent action to address rise in uninsured children
Michele Kayal | September 10, 2019 |
Contact: Michele Kayal, MicheleK@firstfocus.org, text/call: 703-919-8778 The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2018 data that show the number of children without health insurance in America …
Trump Budget Harms Kids & Families by Slashing $1.5 Trillion from Medicaid and CHIP
Carrie Fitzgerald (Former Staff), Lisa Shapiro | May 23, 2017 |
The FY 2018 budget proposal released today by the Trump Administration includes a host of provisions that would dramatically cut health care access, coverage, …
160,000 reasons Arizona should reinstate KidsCare coverage
Carrie Fitzgerald (Former Staff) | January 15, 2016 |
“There’s no reason not to act,” are the words from the Arizona Republic’s editorial board on re-establishing KidsCare in Arizona. No reason not to, …
Making progress for children in 2015
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | January 14, 2016 |
Together with our outstanding partners at the national, state, and local levels, we are making some progress for kids once again. It sometimes isn’t …
Children cannot afford the ‘Cadillac Tax’
Bruce Lesley, First Focus Campaign for Children | January 6, 2016 |
This blog post originally appeared in Huffington Post. We are beginning to see signs that Congress may be willing to move beyond the partisan …
By the Numbers: Kids in the Democratic Presidential Debate
First Focus Campaign for Children, Lydia Pfluger | October 15, 2015 |
Tuesday night, Democrats took the stage for their first 2016 presidential debate. Many issues from gun control to income inequality were discussed and fortunately …
By the Numbers: Kids in the GOP Presidential Debate
Ed Walz (Former Staff) | August 14, 2015 |
Last week’s Republican presidential primary debate covered a lot of ground. I wondered how mentions of children compared with other issues. Here’s what I …
Parents value affordability and broad benefits most when it comes to insurance for their children
Carrie Fitzgerald (Former Staff) | June 22, 2015 |
On June 16th, the Kaiser Family Foundation released an issue brief detailing the results from 14 focus groups held across six American cities. Half …
Children’s Coverage Moving Forward: CHIP Must Be Funded Until Comparable Coverage is Assured
Lisa Shapiro | June 4, 2015 |
On April 16, 2015, the President signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) (H.R. 2) (P.L. 114-110), legislation to …
‘The Health of the Child is the Power of the Nation’
Bruce Lesley | April 28, 2015 |
“The health of the child is the power of the nation.” — U.S. Children’s Bureau, 1918 By large margins, the United States Senate and House of …