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6/5/2019
John Kelly
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) have introduced two bills aimed at shoring up federal health care guarantees for current and former foster youth. As of 2014, Affordable Care Act guaranteed Medicaid coverage through age 26 to any young person who was in foster care at age 18.
6/27/2018
The 2018 Kids Count Databook, an annual assessment of state and national performance on indicators of child well-being, was published today. The report, which you can click here to read, has been produced by the Annie E.
1/22/2018
Jeremy Loudenback
Oregon voters will go to the polls tomorrow to decide whether to approve a new set of taxes that would pay for an expansion of Medicaid that, among other things, guarantees health care to all children in the state.
9/27/2017
The push to replace or reform the Affordable Care Act appears to be stalled for the moment, as Republicans failed to pass a bill through the reconciliation process. Now, any substantive change will require 60 votes in the Senate, which means a bipartisan deal.
9/23/2017
Opinion
Laurie Rubiner
This year, I moved to Los Angeles after a long career in policy in Washington, D.C. I didn’t move here to work in the so-called “industry,” but boy, do I know a bad movie when I’ve seen one.
9/20/2017
Ginny Ehrlich
Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) abruptly cut short grants for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program. These cuts will affect more than 80 institutions and organizations that reach some of the most at-risk youth across the country.
8/7/2017
Every year, one of Youth Services Insider’s favorite assignments is poring over the policy recommendations of the 12 young people selected for the Foster Youth Internship Program (FYI), a program operated by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
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7/11/2017
Olivia Golden
The Senate’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to sharply cut Medicaid payments to states through so-called per capita caps can sound very abstract to social workers and policymakers coping with the day-to-day tragedies and crises of child welfare.
7/10/2017
Dashun Jackson
I spent four years in the foster care system in Las Vegas due to negligence and abuse. In 2010, I aged out of foster care at age 18 and lost my health insurance.
3/27/2017
As every American with an electronic device knows, the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – the Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – was pulled off the table Friday just before a vote was to take place, as House leaders came to grips with the fact that they did not have the votes to pass it.