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 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.

June 21, 2013, PennLive op-ed by Donna Cooper and Estelle Richman arguing that decision by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett to not accept federal funds for an expansion of Medicaid will hurt uninsured Pennsylvania children.

June 22, 2013, New America Media article about children’s health advocates in Floria highlighting the possibility of expanded coverage for uninsured children in gearing up for another fight after the state chose not to accept a federal increase in Medicaid funding.

The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides health coverage to children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but can’t afford private coverage. Their website provides information on CHIP enrollment and design by state as well as enrollment trends.

Sept. 12, 2012, analysis by the Center on Budget and Public Policies which says that the number of uninsured Americans fell in 2011 by the largest margin since 1999, in part due to early implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The analysis foretells of further decreases once the Affordable Care Act is completely implemented in […]

Ron Griffen is the principal of L.V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas, which began allowing prayer during lunch breaks after a Muslim student filed a 2005 lawsuit against a school policy banning prayer.

Zakia Hyder is an author and a Muslim who lives in Mason, Ohio, where the school board considered the rights of Muslim students to a separate room for lunch periods during Ramadan. She wrote an opinion piece for the Cincinnati Enquirer calling for the school board to spend its time providing quality education and not religious accommodation issues.