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.
Oct 19, 2018
What Does Health Equity Look Like?
Without knowing anything about a child’s genetic history, many of us can predict how their health outcomes will differ over their lifetime. The...
Oct 11, 2018
Why the Proposed Public Charge Rules are Especially Harmful to Kids
A new proposal from the Trump administration to make changes to “public charge” policies is the latest attack on immigrant families, and...
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