Diane Rowland is a nationally recognized health policy expert and the executive director of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In 2009, Rowland was appointed as the inaugural chair of the congressionally-authorized Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) established to advise Congress on issues related to Medicaid and the […]

InsureKidsNow.gov provides information about Medicaid and CHIP services for families who need health insurance coverage. These programs are designed to be affordable for families who are not able to afford health insurance coverage in the private market or do not have coverage available to them.

June 22, 2013, Baltimore Sun article about the role of religious leaders and institutions in Maryland’s outreach program, designed to enroll uninsured Maryland residents in health insurance programs under the Affordable Care Act.

KIDS COUNT is a highly respected source for data on child and family well-being in the United States. A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, KIDS COUNT provides state-by-state analysis of childhood well-being based on numerous indicators including economic well-being, education, family situation and health.

June 24, 2013 article about a report which finds that many factors, including increased health insurance coverage, have led to an increase in overall health of U.S. children.

May 31, 2013 article about Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide his state an exemption that would remove the requirement that Pennsylvania transfer thousands of kids from the state’s Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) over to Medicaid.

June 22, 2013, The Motley Fool article on the possible impact that immigration reform could have on health care.

June 19, 2013, Kaiser Health News article about possible stumbling blocks for the expansion of pediatric dental care, a key tenet of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

June 23, 2013, The Salt Lake Tribune article about Utah’s struggles with uninsured children.