[Nota del Editor: Anita Sackuvich, madre soltera que tiene dos hijos discapacitados y que había estado viviendo sin seguro médico, participó en la conferencia de prensa de Close the Gap Idaho el 6 de enero de 2020 para compartir la alegría que sintió al poder adquirir cobertura de salud a través de la expansión de Medicaid de Idaho. Después de enfrentar crecientes deudas médicas debido a una cirugía que le salvó la vida, Anita finalmente tiene cobertura de salud e hizo la siguiente declaración después del discurso del gobernador Brad Little.] Me llamo Anita, soy madre soltera de dos hijos que...

This year, we released our ninth annual report tracking children’s health insurance coverage and the findings were alarming: Between 2016 and 2018, the number of uninsured children in the U.S. increased by more than 400,000, bringing the total number of uninsured children to over 4 million in the nation. What’s so alarming about this trend is that loss of coverage came during a time of strong economic growth and low unemployment – children should have been gaining coverage instead of losing it. As we highlight in our report, this serious erosion of child health coverage is due in large part...

Written by Joan Alker , Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families The President issued an executive order yesterday titled “Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility”. It requires the Secretaries of Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, HHS, HUD, Transportation and Education to review all regulations and guidance to ensure they are in compliance with the executive order and submit a list of recommended regulatory and policy changes to accomplish the principles outlined in the order. So what are those principles? The Executive order states: “...

My daughter Caroline is alive because of Medicaid. The medications, the equipment and the nursing care that have helped us manage her severe disability would not be possible without the federal program’s support. Now, with Congress and the White House considering cuts and restructuring for Medicaid, it’s important to consider children like Caroline. We welcomed our little girl into the world seven years ago. We were in love the second we met her. She was sweet, bright, and observant from the very beginning. Caroline’s early infancy was easy and uneventful, and she met most of the first year...