Today, more and more low- and moderate-income working families (earning 100–400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level) are shifting their children to public insurance.
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Low socio-economic status (SES) infants exhibited poorer performance than higher-SES infants on measures of cognitive and language skills assessed at age one.
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Food insecurity, or the lack of reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable and nutritious food, affects nearly 16 percent of all households (15.8 million children) across the U.S. and has been associated with a multitude of health-related issues, poor academic performance, psychosocial and behavioral problems, and higher utilization of health care services.
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Youth with special health care needs face a particular set of challenges when transitioning to adult care. Health systems and policymakers can help.
Dec 28, 2018
Our Top Five Blog Posts of 2018
After another terrific year at PolicyLab, we’re taking the time to reflect back on 2018 by highlighting our most-read blog posts of the year. The...
Dec 19, 2018
How Caregivers’ Perceptions of Access to Timely Care Impacts Repeat Hospital Visits
Here’s a situation we see frequently in pediatric practice: Two previously healthy three-year-old children from different families are admitted...
Dec 18, 2018
It’s Time to Routinely Test Youth for HIV
Having just commemorated World AIDS Day on December 1, we have been reflecting on the story of our patient Jared*. When we saw him, Jared was a...
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