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Over Weight American children
The growing percentage of American children who are overweight or obese is getting larger every year and has been for decades. Over 33% of children have a body mass index that is over the normal average. Southeast states tend to have the highest rates of over weight children. This includes […]
North Carolina health insurance Cuts Free Vaccines
Changes to the North Carolina health insurance immunization program could lead to fewer vaccinations being received by children to fight against preventable diseases. Vaccines will not be free anymore due to budget cuts at the Buncombe county department of health. Some vaccines might not even be available due to such […]
US HHS grants $100 million
Health and Human Services granted $100 million in federal funds to Maine, Oregon, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado, Utah, South Carolina, and Maryland. This will be completed over a five year period and will improve health care quality for children enrolled in CHIP. The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization […]
Missouri Health Insurance Autism Clears House
Although the Senate version of the bill is still in committee, the Missouri health insurance autism bill has cleared the house. The bill requires that all carriers must cover therapy services for children with autism. One major therapy named applied behavioral analysis seems to the most effective at this point […]
Wisconsin Health Insurance Autism Laws
New Wisconsin health insurance laws help children with autism. Governor Jim Doyle is improving Wisconsin health insurance. He announced that mental health disorders including autism, will now be covered by the carriers at the same levels as all other conditions.
Arizona Health Insurance Cuts Proposed in Budget
Arizona health insurance may be seeing deep cuts in 2010. The proposal will terminate an expected 42,000 jobs across the state and will incur a loss of federal funding up to $2.7 billion. The proposal by Jan Brewer will reduce the number of residents eligible for the Arizona Health Care […]
Virginia Health Insurance Budget Cuts
Governor of Virginia Robert McDonnell is recommending a $300 million dollar cut to Virginia health insurance programs. This deep budget cut is only one of many that is to help offset a two billion dollar short fall over the next two years. The Virginia health insurance reductions will be in […]
Nebraska Health Insurance Maternity Care
Nebraska health insurance advocates and lawmakers are looking to restore maternity coverage into law. The motion was filed by Senator Kathy Campbell of Lincoln. The coverage filed would include Nebraska health insurance for unborn children and children of immigrants that are undocumented.
Virginia Health Insurance Almost Mandates Autism Coverage
Children with autism hopefully will soon receive coverage from Virginia health insurance carriers after an overwhelming passage of the mandate on Tuesday. A 27-13 vote won the legislation and now Senator Janet Howell’s bill will move along to the house for a final vote. The battle is for coverage of […]
40,000 Children Losing Kansas Health Insurance
Kansas health insurance social programs are not fulfilling their duties due to needed budget cuts. Currently, there is a large waiting list that is growing drastically due to layoffs. This is in turn has made a major delay in processing applications. Children are unable to receive benefits from Health Wave […]
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