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September 17, 2012
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Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
October 8, 2010
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In January 2009, with the U.S. Congress and president Barack Obama's new administration preparing to consider national health care legislation, Families USA organized Health Action 2009 around the theme "Winning Historic Health Care Reform."
March 25, 2013
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Researchers at the Hilltop Institute evaluated the implementation of Maryland’s tax-based outreach initiative, the Kids First Act, and how well the state achieved its goal of identifying and enrolling uninsured children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
September 18, 2009
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Mathematica study of SCHIP shows that state policies determine how long children receive SCHIP coverage and that children who leave SCHIP remain uninsured for many months.
February 16, 2012
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Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington were among the first to offer CHIP to children in families earning more than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. Researchers at UCLA and the RAND Corp. evaluated the impact of this effort.
January 12, 2011
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Focus groups and nationwide opinion polls identified the best language and arguments for advocates and legislators to use when communicating the needs of children during the congressional health care reform debate.
October 18, 2010
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The Urban Institute researched policy options and produced a policy paper to help states implement "automated enrollment," a strategy designed to ensure that eligible children enroll in publicly supported health insurance programs.
March 22, 2009
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In 2006 and 2007, Families USA led the Campaign for Children's Health Care, a multipronged public education campaign to win support for expanding health coverage for uninsured children in the United States.
March 4, 2005
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Covering Kids: A National Health Initiative for Low-Income Uninsured Children was a national program to help states and local communities increase the number of eligible children who benefit from public health insurance coverage programs.
March 28, 2005
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The Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition led a broader statewide coalition in an effort to increase the number of eligible children in the state enrolled in government-funded health insurance programs.
March 28, 2005
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The State of Oregon Department of Human Resources, Health Division worked with other statewide organizations through a coalition to increase the number of eligible children in the state enrolled in government-funded health insurance coverage programs.
