KidsWell is a campaign dedicated to the successful implementation of federal health reform for America’s children. This is the campaign that supports the work behind the Children, Youth and Families Task Force of HCFANY. The KidsWell website monitors state and national health care reform implementation and opposition across the country.
Click here to read the KidsWell issue brief Health Care Reform in the States: A Snapshot.
Resources by Organization:
The Commonwealth Fund:
The Commonwealth Fund Health Reform Resources
The Commonwealth Fund Connection Podcast: Covering and Caring for Kids
States in Action: Opportunities for States to Improve Children’s Care Under CHIPRA and Health Reform by The Commonwealth Fund
The Role of States in Improving Health and Health Care for Young Children by The Commonwealth Fund
Improving Care Coordination, Case Management, and Linkages to Service for Young Children: Opportunities for States by The Commonwealth Fund
Center for Children and Families:
Center for Children and Families
Key Health Care Reform Dates for Children & Families by the Center for Children and FamiliesSay Ahhh!: A Children’s Health Policy Blog
Summary of Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in Health Care Reform by the Center for Children and Families
Association of Maternal and Child Health:
Implementing Health Reform: Key Provisions and Opportunities for Title V MCH Programs by the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Maternal and Child Health Related Highlights by the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Health Reform: What’s in it for Adolescents? by the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Health Care Reform: What’s in it for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs? by the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Health Reform: What’s in it to Promote the Medical Home? by the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Catalyst Center:
How Health Care Reform Affects Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needsby the Catalyst Center
The Affordable Care Act and Children with Special Health Care Needs: An Analysis and Steps for State Policymakers by the National Academy for State Health Policy and Catalyst Center
National Academy for State Health Policy:
Children’s Health Insurance by the National Academy for State Health Policy
The Role of State Health Policy in Multi-Sector System and Service Linkages for Young Children by the National Academy for State Health Policy
What a Difference a Dollar Makes: Affordability Lessons from Children’s Coverage Programs that can Inform State Policymaking under the Affordable Care Act by the National Academy for State Health Policy
A State Child Health Walk Through Health Care Reform by the National Academy for State Health Policy
Other Resources on Children, Youth and Families and the ACA:
Health Reform for Children from whitehouse.gov
Health Reform GPS: Navigating Implementation
Health Reform and the AAP: What the New Law Means for Children and Pediatricians by the American Academy of Pediatrics
Children Under Siege: Safeguarding Provisions for Children in the New Health Law by the Children’s Health Fund
Federal Health Reform and Children’s Healthy Development: Opportunities for State and Community Advocacy and Foundation Action by the Child and Family Policy Center
From Child Health Coverage to Healthy Child Development: Federal Health Reform Opportunities to Improve the Health of America’s Youngest Children by The Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
