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Commission to Build a Healthier America Public Meeting
Join the Commission on June 19, 2013 for a public meeting to raise awareness of how non-medical factors influence health and move public- an...
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CHIP Expansions to Higher-Income Children in Three States
Profiles of Eligibility and Insurance Coverage
Report analyzes how CHIP expansions to include children in higher-income families affected rates of uninsurance among children in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington. The authors found that Illinois’ ambitious expansion in children’s eligibility resulted in higher rates of health coverage, cutting the number of uninsured children by almost half. Washington and Pennsylvania also experienced a decline in children’s uninsurance, but the authors conclude that it cannot be attributed solely to these two states’ more modest eligibility expansions.