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New health care program for kids provides relief for some pa...

A new program called Kids Health Link is proving to be very beneficial. The state’s economic situation has forced some drastic cuts to Arizona's Medicaid Program. Many people say they are not eligible and have no way of paying [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Rep. Addia Wuchner proposes child health bills

State Rep. Addia Wuchner is proposing a package of legislative bills aimed at improving children's health and schooling across Kentucky. The Florence Republican lawmaker told The Kentucky Enquirer the state can't afford not to lo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Washington Awarded $17.6 Million For Progress On Children’s ...

Apple Health for Kids, Washington’s health coverage program for children, has won $17.6 million from the federal government − a timely windfall that could prevent thousands of children from losing their health coverage. The U [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Federal grant saves kids health care from budget cuts

Children enrolled in Apple Health for Kids, the state’s health insurance program, received a financial boost from the federal government to help keep their coverage. The program for children in low-income families received a $17.6 [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

State GOP looking to remake health care reform in its vision

Health care reform is on everyone's list as a hot-button issue at the 2011 Montana Legislature - but with Republicans firmly in control, they'll be looking to tear down one vision of reform before building another. The vision the [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids health plan to get federal cash bonus

Just when Washington state's budget news couldn't get worse, it got slightly better. Details are due Monday on the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' award of a bonus payment to this state's Apple Health [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Sick kids priced out of health insurance

Though not on everyone’s Christmas list, the previously unattainable gift of private health insurance was something Becky Smith had hoped to purchase this month for her 12-year-old son, Nathan. Under President Barack Obama’s [...]

Posted On : Dec, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Major California insurers to resume sale of 'child-only' hea...

Are you searching for health insurance for your kids? Perhaps your employer has eliminated coverage for dependents. Maybe you lost your job –- and the family benefits you once enjoyed. Your options will expand Jan. 1. That&rsq [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids brush up on dental health to keep city smiling

More than half of four and five-year-olds in the Greater Glasgow health board area had no obvious signs of decay in the last year. The city and surrounding areas still has one of the poorest dental record in Scotland but it has improved [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids' Health Insurance Cheaper Than You Think

When Los Angeles single mother of two "Nadia" learned that close to 5 million children actually qualified for free or heavily reduced health insurance and didn’t have it, she was astounded. "I don’t understand [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

UN accused of risking women and children's health

If World Aids Day on December 1st felt like a bit of a love-in over achievements to date against the disease, a Canada-based organisation has brought us earthwards with a bump. Aids-Free World, founded by the redoubtable Stephen Lewis an [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Linda Lee: Nutrition bill benefits health of our children

The debate about the child nutrition bill signed into law Monday by President Barack Obama has unfortunately been reduced to a discussion about cookies and brownies, while in fact the bill is about so much more. The Healthy, Hunger- [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Poverty hits children's health levels

Children's health is suffering because of the recession, with a "concerning" report revealing a rise in hospital admissions and prompting the children's commissioner to call for urgent action from the Government. Last y [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Children's health takes a turn for the worse

A new study shows children are more likely than any other age group in New Zealand to live in poverty and suffer as a result. After six years of improvements to health, there's been an alarming slide backwards among young children. [...]