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Many Parents With Job-Based Coverage Still Turn To Medicaid, CHIP To Insure Kids
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Kaiser Health News
Dec 09, 2016
A new PolicyLab study published in Health Affairs shows how important public insurance programs, such as the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid, are for working families.
Children's Hospital Cites Increase In Medicaid, CHIP Use; Urges CHIP Renewal
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Inside Health Policy
Dec 05, 2016
A new PolicyLab study found that more and more parents with health insurance plans from their employer are opting for public health insurance-such as Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program-for their kids.
Why Parents and Doctors Should Think About A.D.H.D. in Preschool
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New York Times
Dec 05, 2016
New research from Dr. Alex Fiks found that the increasing rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses in preschool-aged children stabilized after release of the American Academy of Pediatrics' practice guideline. …
More Working-Poor Families Cover Their Children Through Medicaid and CHIP
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Miami Herald
Dec 05, 2016
A new PolicyLab study found that parents with plans from their employer are increasingly opting for public health insurance-such as Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program-for their kids.
More Parents With Health Coverage Through Work Use Public Insurance for Kids
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Newsworks
Dec 05, 2016
A new study from Doug Strane and Dr. David Rubin found that more and more parents with plans from their employer are opting for public health insurance-such as Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program-for their kids. …
ADHD Diagnosis Among Preschoolers Stabilizes After Publication of AAP Guidelines
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Healio
Dec 02, 2016
New research from Dr. Alex Fiks found that the increasing rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses in preschool-aged children stabilized after release of the American Academy of Pediatrics' practice guideline. …
Childhood Hypertension: An Underappreciated Epidemic?
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Pediatrics
Nov 23, 2016
A commentary on Dr. Alex Fiks' study, that found a widespread underdiagnosis of hypertension and prehypertension by pediatricians in children, notes that the results are compelling and highlight the shortcomings of current…
High blood pressure is vastly underdiagnosed in children, new study says
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Nov 21, 2016
A new study from PolicyLab's Dr. Alex Fiks found a widespread underdiagnosis of hypertension and prehypertension by pediatricians in children ages 3 to 18.
ADHD Diagnoses Among Preschoolers Have Stabilized
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Parents
Nov 17, 2016
New research from Dr. Alex Fiks found that the increasing rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses in preschool-aged children stabilized after release of the American Academy of Pediatrics' practice guideline. …
Guidelines May Have Helped Curb ADHD Diagnoses
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WebMD
Nov 15, 2016
PolicyLab's Dr. Alex Fiks found that guidelines released by the American Academy of Pediatrics may have stabilized the increasing rate at which preschoolers were diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). …
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