Karen Crompton
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February 28, 2012
CHIP and Medicaid have been a stable source of health care coverage during uncertain times. With a weak economic recovery that has been slow to add new jobs with access to employer-based insurance, Medicaid and CHIP continue to be key sources of coverage for children. Thanks to CHIP and Medicaid, today more than 200,000 Utah children can get the checkups and preventive care they need to stay healthy and see the doctor when they get sick or injured. And since 2009, the number of uninsured children in America decreased by 1.2 million. In my home state of Utah, only 76.1 percent of children...
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June 28, 2011
Voices for Utah Children applauded news that Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) will chair the first-ever Senate hearing on the DREAM Act on Tuesday, June 28th, at 10:00 am ET . The hearing will be webcast live at www.judiciary.senate.gov . Since the DREAM Act was originally introduced in 2001, hundreds of thousands of hardworking immigrant students have faced limited access to a college education and have been denied the opportunity to contribute socially and economically to our state and our nation. Due to inaction at the federal level, several states – including Utah –...
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