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[caption id="attachment_58419" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Yarol Yamel, 3, is examined by Dr. Janisleydis Rosado for bronchial asthma at walk-in clinic Number 15, La Santa Fe, Isle of Youth.[/caption] Cuba Although Cuba’s health care system is considered to be one of the best in the world, in…

Some 4 million more children would bring the total to more than 11 million covered In a move toward health coverage for all Americans, the Senate voted Thursday to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to include some 4.1 million uninsured children. The…

Immigrant Clause Opens Rift By Ceci Connolly The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation yesterday to provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children, a bill that would for the first time spend federal money to cover children and pregnant women who are legal immigrants. The State…

By Chuan TengWith all of the attention on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some people may not know that millions of children and families are currently eligible for but not enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).Although there are provisions in the ACA that…

I’m visiting Atlantic’s programmes in Viet Nam right now, and a few days ago a provincial health official proudly told a group of us that the Government recently made health care free for all of the nine million Vietnamese children under the age of six.…

by AMY BETH HANSON Montana voters are being asked to support a measure to fund health insurance for up to an additional 30,000 children. Initiative 155, the Healthy Montana Kids plan, seeks to set aside an estimated $22 million in state funding each year to…

by DALE WETZEL North Dakotans who lack health insurance should be eligible to buy into a plan that covers state employees at a price that reflects their ability to pay, the Democratic candidate for governor says. Fargo state Sen. Tim Mathern, at news conferences Tuesday,…

New York, June 29, 2011. KidsWell, a campaign dedicated to the successful implementation of federal health reform for America’s children, launched www.KidsWellCampaign.org, a website monitoring state and national health care reform implementation and opposition across the country. Drawing on a growing repository of more than…

Engage Texas, an Atlantic grantee, organised the 30 March 2011 “Cover Texas Now!” Rally highlighted in this article. Their mission is to protect and expand health care for those who need it most.  AUSTIN, Texas — Teresa Little needs Texas Medicaid services if she doesn't want…

Washington D.C. – Today, a coalition of nearly 400 national, state, and local children’s advocacy organizations have joined together to express their deep concern to Congressional leaders about the proposal to drastically reduce funding for the Medicaid program as outlined in the fiscal year 2012…