Posted February, 9 2012 by arianne
A new Commonwealth Fund report released yesterday tackles the existing health insurance inequities between people with higher and lower incomes. The report finds that, nationally, nearly 3 in 5 adults in families earning less than 133% percent of the federal poverty level (about $14,000 per year for an individual) were uninsured at some point in 2011, and 2 in 5 were uninsured for one or more […]
Posted February, 7 2012 by arianne
We’ve all been there. You try and pop a wheelie to impress your girlfriend and instead fall off your bike and bust your head. Or, perhaps you wake up in the middle of the night with a sharp pain in your side and a raging fever. A dull knife and a slippery onion. Black ice. Sometimes, you don’t even remember what […]
Posted February, 2 2012 by arianne
In honor of the Super Bowl, Georgetown’s children’s health policy blog, Say Ahhh! is hosting a Super Blog-Off between Patriots fans and Giants fans. The teams are competing based on how much they are doing to help uninsured children. Click here to read the introduction for the blog-off. New York has tough competition! Health Care for All […]
Posted January, 31 2012 by arianne
With the ongoing GOP presidential debates there’s been so much negativity floating around the health reform conversation. So, it’s nice when every now and then something positive is able to break through all the rhetoric. This week, Harris Interactive/Health Day released the results of their latest poll on health reform. Naturally, they did find that Americans are […]