Michael Odeh
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May 1, 2017
The California Children’s Health Coverage Coalition is pleased to invite you to join a webinar to walk through a California Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Renewal Playbook on May 4, 2017 at 2pm . Congress must act soon to renew the successful Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) before current funding for the program expires on September 30, 2017. In California, federal CHIP funding is an extremely important source of Medi-Cal coverage for children and pregnant women. Join us as we discuss a CHIP Renewal Strategy, including an advocacy Playbook for California stakeholders...
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January 8, 2013
Since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, California has been touted as a leader and pace-setter with respect to implementation of the law. Not only are Californians already benefiting significantly from the ACA – for example, the ban on coverage denials due to pre-existing conditions for nearly 600,000 children and the over 350,000 young adults who are able to stay on their parents’ health plan – but Californians stand to benefit even more from a federally-funded Medicaid coverage expansion that could begin in 2014. The federal health law, reaffirmed by a landmark Supreme Court...
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February 2, 2012
In one of his first acts in office three years ago this week, President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009. Because of CHIPRA, millions of low-income children were able to keep their affordable coverage and an additional 1.2 million children nationwide were newly able to enroll in health coverage through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Together CHIP and Medicaid have significantly reduced the number of uninsured children and moved us closer to the goal of providing health coverage for every child. In California, CHIP is...
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December 13, 2011
With the state’s unemployment rate hovering above 11 percent, impending state budget triggers that are inciting rallies across the state, and 52% growth in health insurance premiums for California families over nearly the past decade, it's hard to find truly good news...but here's some: at a time when the economic recession hit hardest (2008 to 2010), over 97,000 fewer California children were uninsured, according to a new report by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. This is good news because we know that kids grow healthier and learn better when they have quality health care...
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