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Press Releases

  1. New Analysis: Medicaid Per Capita Caps Bad for Kids, Taxpayers [February 8, 2013]
  2. Treasury Rule Denies Children, Makes Action on CHIP Critical [January 30, 2013]
  3. Affordable Care Act Foster Care Regulation a Win for Kids, Concerns With Rule’s Scope Could Limit Health Gains for Youth [January 16, 2013]
  4. House Fiscal Cliff Bills Would Increase Child Poverty [December 20, 2012]
  5. Medicaid Block Grant Would Ration Children’s Health [October 25, 2012]
  6. Census Data Shows Congress Can Protect Children from Recession: Family Tax Credits, Health Care, and Anti-Poverty Investments Critical, Advocates Say [September 12, 2012]
  7. Census Data Shows Congress Can Protect Children from Recession [September 12, 2012]
  8. Child abuse increase linked to foreclosure crisis, study finds [July 31, 2012]
  9. Advocates Urge President Obama to Fix the Families Glitch [July 31, 2012]
  10. Affordable Care Act Ruling a Major Victory for Children [June 28, 2012]
  11. Children’s Advocacy Group Commends Obama’s Medicaid Focus [April 9, 2012]
  12. Urban Institute Paper Shows the Affordable Care Act Delivers a Significant Investment in Children’s Health [March 22, 2012]
  13. Media Advisory: TweetUp on Affordable Care Act Wins for Kids Featuring Rep. Keith Ellison and Dr. George Askew of HHS [March 19, 2012]
  14. Fix the Health Care “Kid Glitch,” Says First Focus President Bruce Lesley [December 13, 2011]
  15. Parents Confirm CHIP and Medicaid Deliver the Care Kids Need [November 9, 2011]
  16. Both Senate and House Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill are a Decline in Real Spending on Kids [October 13, 2011]
  17. Arbitrary Cuts to Medicaid Will Harm Children, Won’t Solve Budget Woes [September 9, 2011]
  18. HHS Rules Help America’s Kids, Treasury Rules Potentially Harm Children’s Coverage [September 2, 2011]
  19. Health Insurance Companies Choose Bottom Lines Over the Health of Our Children [August 5, 2011]
  20. New Report Reveals Medicaid’s Enormous Success in Protecting Children & Vulnerable Populations [June 13, 2011]
  21. Survey Shows Protecting Children’s Programs in the Federal Budget is Voters’ Top Priority [April 26, 2011]
  22. Nearly 400 National, State and Local Organizations Urge House Leaders to Hold Children Harmless in FY 2012 Budget Resolution [April 14, 2011]
  23. CHIP FUNDING SLASHED IN 2011 BUDGET COMPROMISE [April 13, 2011]
  24. Ryan Budget Cuts CHIP and Medicaid, Risks the Health of America’s Children [April 7, 2011]
  25. New Report Calls for Increased Integration Across Child Programs [March 28, 2011]
  26. Affordable Care Act is Growing a Healthy Future [March 23, 2011]
  27. Child Advocates Urge Governors to Protect Children, Propose Cost-Saving Alternative for States [March 1, 2011]
  28. Two Years Later, CHIP Remains a Vital Lifeline for Millions of Kids [February 4, 2011]
  29. First Focus Applauds HHS for Offering to Support States in Meeting Health Care Challenges [February 3, 2011]
  30. First Focus Report Finds Medicaid Savings from Health Reform Will Exceed Costs to State Budgets by a Significant Margin [December 1, 2010]
  31. New Research Confirms the Recession Will Have a Lasting Impact on Children [November 15, 2010]
  32. First Focus Praises the Administration for Pressuring Insurance Companies to Cover all Kids [October 13, 2010]
  33. Child Advocates Condemn Insurance Companies for Not Complying with Health Reform Law [September 22, 2010]
  34. Children’s Uninsured Rate Avoids Significant Increases as More American Children Fall in to Poverty [September 16, 2010]
  35. Child Advocates Praise Extending Resources for Healthcare & Education, But Express Concern for Cuts to Nutrition Assistance [August 11, 2010]
  36. CHIP Comes of Age: First Focus Celebrates 13 Years of Success in Covering Kids! [August 5, 2010]
  37. First Focus Calls for Further Guidance on Enrolling Children with Pre-Existing Conditions [July 28, 2010]
  38. First Focus Celebrates Appointment of Pediatrician to Lead CMS [July 8, 2010]
  39. First Focus Urges Immediate Action on “Kid-Fix” Legislation [July 1, 2010]
  40. Over 130 Organizations Join in Support of Berwick to Lead CMS [June 17, 2010]
  41. Children’s Groups Speak out on the Elimination of Pre-existing Condition Exclusions for Kids [April 28, 2010]
  42. Expert: Children with Pre-Existing Conditions Should be Covered Now [April 28, 2010]
  43. New Study Shows That Chronically Ill Children Desperately Need Health Coverage [April 23, 2010]
  44. First Focus Praises Bipartisan Coalition Urging Health Insurance for Low-Income Children [September 17, 2009]
  45. First Focus Calls Senate Budget Draft a Step Forward for Children [September 17, 2009]
  46. Senate Budget Amendment Gutting Children's Health Insurance Fails [September 17, 2009]
  47. House Passes Emergency Supplemental With Funding for Kids' Health Care [September 17, 2009]
  48. New Child Well-Being Index Shows Stagnation on the Whole; Drastic Decline in Children's Health [September 17, 2009]
  49. Senators Lugar and Bingaman Encourage States to Streamline Enrollment of Uninsured Children into Medicaid and SCHIP Programs [September 17, 2009]
  50. Report Reccommends Nutrition Standards to Combat Childhood Obesity [September 17, 2009]
  51. New Report Finds Rural Children Increasingly Rely on Medicaid and SCHIP for Medical Care [September 17, 2009]
  52. Congress Passes Budget With Measures Beneficial to Children and Working Families [September 17, 2009]
  53. First Focus Sponsors Summit to Examine Iowa Kids Health [September 17, 2009]
  54. Children's Groups Urge President Bush to Strengthen Children's Health Insurance Program [September 17, 2009]
  55. New Report Indicates the Importance of Parents to Children's Health Coverage [September 17, 2009]
  56. Bush Attempting to Derail Children's Health Program [September 17, 2009]
  57. Bush Veto Threat Misguided [September 17, 2009]
  58. Administration Ignoring American Support for Covering Children [September 17, 2009]
  59. First Focus Responds to Administration's Threat to Veto Children's Health Insurance Program [September 17, 2009]
  60. Children's Health Care Legislation Takes Steps in the Right Direction [September 17, 2009]
  61. New Survey Highlights Increasing Public Support for Children’s Healthcare [September 17, 2009]
  62. Champ Act Makes Great Strides Towards Covering Uninsured Children [September 17, 2009]
  63. Congressional Budget Office Confirms That Bush Tax Plan is A Bad Deal for American Children [September 17, 2009]
  64. House Passes Legislation to Renew Children’s Health Insurance Program [September 17, 2009]
  65. Senate Passes Renewal of Children's Health Insurance Program [September 17, 2009]
  66. New Report Indicates Bush Tax Credit Proposal is Bad for America’s Children and Families [September 17, 2009]
  67. New Study Shows Cuts to Child Support Enforcement Will Cost $680 Million for America’s Children [September 17, 2009]
  68. Over 300 Organizations Stand Together Against a Presidential Veto of Children’s Health Program [September 17, 2009]
  69. First Focus Reaction to the Agreement on The Children’s Health Insurance Program [September 16, 2009]
  70. First Focus Statement on House Passage of SCHIP Legislation [September 16, 2009]
  71. 1,000 Children Call on Laura Bush to Persuade George to Sign the Children’s Health Bill [September 16, 2009]
  72. Hundreds of Groups Urge Congress to Restore Child Support Enforcement Funds [September 16, 2009]
  73. Leading Children’s Groups Urge Congress Not to Concede on Children’s Health [September 16, 2009]
  74. New First Focus Report Exposes Misperceptions on Children’s Health Bill [September 15, 2009]
  75. Federal Health Advisers Recommend Cold and Cough Medicines Banned in Children Younger Than Six [September 15, 2009]
  76. Override of Children’s Health Bill Fails [September 15, 2009]
  77. Lacking Votes to Override, House Passes Children’s Health Legislation Yet Again [September 15, 2009]
  78. With States in Crisis, Senate Passes Children’s Health Legislation [September 15, 2009]
  79. SCHIP: Leave the Decision Making to the States [September 15, 2009]
  80. First Focus President Bruce Lesley Testifies before House Ways and Means Committee [September 15, 2009]
  81. HELP Committee Approves Legislation Critical for Kids’ Health [September 15, 2009]
  82. First Focus: Extend SCHIP Now [September 14, 2009]
  83. Leading Health Groups Hold Briefing on Federal Efforts to Address Infant Mortality [September 14, 2009]
  84. House, Senate Approve Legislation to Extend SCHIP [September 14, 2009]
  85. Healthy Start Legislation Heads to U.S. Senate Floor [September 14, 2009]
  86. New Report Indicates Medicaid Rules Would Hurt Special Needs Children [September 14, 2009]
  87. New Government Research Confirms SCHIP Directive Illegal [September 14, 2009]
  88. Healthy Start Legislation Receives Outpouring of Support from Leading National Groups [September 14, 2009]
  89. New SCHIP Guidance Still Bad for Kids [September 14, 2009]
  90. House Committee Approves Moratoria on Medicaid Regulations [September 14, 2009]
  91. House Committee Approves Moratoria on Medicaid Rules [September 14, 2009]
  92. First Focus President Bruce Lesley to Testify Before House Energy & Commerce Committee [September 11, 2009]
  93. Senate Committee Passes Measure to Ensure Children’s Health Coverage [September 11, 2009]
  94. First Focus President Bruce Lesley to Testify Before Senate Subcommittee Regarding the Childhood Obesity Epidemic [September 11, 2009]
  95. Children’s Health Insurance Signed into Law [August 17, 2009]

In the News

  1. Wonkbook: Another day, another symbolic repeal vote in the House [July 11, 2012]
  2. Dependable health care is win-win for kids, state [April 20, 2012]
  3. Advocates fear tax-credit rule will exclude some from health-care benefit [April 16, 2012]
  4. Some Republican governors wary of House GOP's Medicaid reform proposals [March 6, 2012]
  5. Decision to cover more kids pays off [March 3, 2012]
  6. Public Programs That Work -- Good News on Children's Coverage [February 29, 2012]
  7. MassHealth celebrates third anniversary [February 13, 2012]
  8. Keeping kids insured: CHIP shows how bipartisanship can solve problems [February 9, 2012]
  9. CHIP has been a great success [February 3, 2012]
  10. Medicaid may be a better target for cuts than Medicare [May 9, 2011]
  11. New poll shows strong resistance to cutting children's programs [April 26, 2011]
  12. GOP budget bill slashes CHIP program [April 11, 2011]
  13. States in need of help?: It’s time to end the Medicare drug clawback [March 1, 2011]
  14. Medicaid Fight Shapes Up as States Deal with Budget Crunching [February 22, 2011]
  15. Health Reform Sparks Debate On Future Of Children’s Health Program [February 7, 2011]
  16. Advocates Say Healthcare Law Good For Poor Children [February 7, 2011]
  17. 10 Reasons Why Repealing Health Reform Would Harm Children [January 28, 2011]
  18. Health Insurance Guideline Leaves Kids Out [January 28, 2011]
  19. Child advocates slam HHS open-enrollment guideline [January 28, 2011]
  20. Health Insurance Guideline Leaves Kids Out [January 25, 2011]
  21. House Panel Approves Sweeping Expansion of Child Nutrition Programs [January 24, 2011]
  22. Sen. Lincoln, White House optimistic about chances of child nutrition bill [July 14, 2010]
  23. Reach of Subsidies Is Critical Issue for Health Plan [May 6, 2010]
  24. Senate’s ‘Gang of Six’ key to healthcare reform [May 6, 2010]
  25. What would Julia Child say? [May 6, 2010]
  26. Study Shows CHIP Enrollees Would Be Worse Off in Overhaul, Group Says [May 6, 2010]
  27. Rockefeller Salvages the CHIP Program [May 6, 2010]
  28. Democrats Force Changes In Baucus Health Bill [May 6, 2010]
  29. From Healthy Kids to Healthy Adults: Experts Say Medical Insurance is Investment [May 6, 2010]
  30. 17,000 Child Deaths Linked to Lack of Insurance Kids without coverage are more apt to die while hospitalized, study finds [May 6, 2010]
  31. Health Reform Sparks Debate On Future Of Children's Health Program [May 6, 2010]
  32. Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater? [May 6, 2010]
  33. Could WA Lose Coverage in Federal Health Care Reform? [May 6, 2010]
  34. Guest Opinion: House health reform bill would kill children’s health care [May 6, 2010]
  35. Health reform may set up 2013 funding fight for Montana program for kids [May 6, 2010]
  36. Poll limns provisions of a more limited health-care reform bill [May 5, 2010]
  37. White House Hopes to Expand CHIP Through 2016 [May 5, 2010]
  38. Flap on Children's Coverage Settled [May 5, 2010]

Top of Our List

  1. Effective Communications can Connect Kids to Coverage [August 26, 2013]
  2. Transforming States' Health and Human Services Programs While Implementing the ACA [June 26, 2013]
  3. If a Paper Application Falls in the Woods ... [May 30, 2013]
  4. Resources on Children and Immigration Reform [May 17, 2013]
  5. National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day [May 8, 2013]
  6. Asthma Awareness Month [April 30, 2013]
  7. National Healthy Schools Day [April 30, 2013]
  8. Protecting Child Health by Embracing Its Success [March 20, 2013]
  9. The Affordable Care Act’s Impact for Former Foster Youth [January 17, 2013]
  10. The New and Improved KidsWellCampaign.org [November 5, 2012]
  11. Leadership in Congress Means Healthier School Meals This Year [September 7, 2012]
  12. Back-to-School Time is an Opportunity to Connect Kids to Health Coverage [September 6, 2012]
  13. A Real Debate on Medicaid [August 28, 2012]
  14. Consumer Recommendations for ACA Implementation [August 13, 2012]
  15. Finally People are Talking About Medicaid [August 9, 2012]
  16. Will Alabama Say No to $500 Million and Hundreds of Thousands of Children? [March 30, 2012]
  17. Prognosis ACA: Two Years Later Children are Healthier and Better Off [March 20, 2012]
  18. Public Programs That Work - Good News on Children's Coverage [February 29, 2012]
  19. HHS Awards Money to Give Newborns a Strong Start and a Healthy Future [February 17, 2012]
  20. Gov. Fallin to Babies: Pull Yourselves Up by Your Own Booties [January 12, 2012]
  21. Turning Around the Child Homelessness Epidemic [November 28, 2011]
  22. First Focus Recently Submitted Comments to the Treasury Department and Health Human Services in Response to the Proposed Rules Related to the Affordable Care Act. [November 4, 2011]
  23. Is our "Healthy” Food Making our Kids Sick? [October 25, 2011]
  24. A Crying Shame: Recession Linked to Spike in Severe Infant Head Trauma [September 23, 2011]
  25. New Funding for CHIP Outreach Will Engage School Districts and Technology to Enroll More Kids [September 20, 2011]
  26. Another Health Reform Win for Children: HHS Provides Money to Boost Childhood Immunization [September 8, 2011]
  27. For Michigan, Kicking Thousands of Children to the Curb is Simply the Cost of Doing Business [September 7, 2011]
  28. New HHS Guidelines Ensure Healthier Mothers and Children [September 6, 2011]
  29. King Solomon and the Debt Deal [August 4, 2011]
  30. Playing Politics with the Lives of Florida’s Children [August 1, 2011]
  31. Happy 45th Anniversary Medicaid! [July 7, 2011]
  32. Childhood Asthma: How Data Can Help Us Keep Kids Healthy [June 13, 2011]
  33. Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of a Critical Report on America’s Kids [May 4, 2011]
  34. Benefits to Virginia's Children Lost in Debate [March 23, 2011]
  35. First Focus Celebrates Health Care Reform Anniversary [March 23, 2011]
  36. First Focus Responds to Senator Hatch’s Plans for Health Reform [March 21, 2011]
  37. States in Need of Help?: It’s Time to End the Medicare Drug Clawback [March 1, 2011]
  38. Getting To the Finish Line: Investments in State-Based Advocacy Show Real Returns in Covering Uninsured Children [February 11, 2011]
  39. The First Lady’s Fight for Healthy Kids Continues [February 9, 2011]
  40. The First Lady’s Fight for Healthy Kids Continues [February 9, 2011]
  41. The First Lady’s Fight for Healthy Kids Continues [February 9, 2011]
  42. Happy 2nd Anniversary CHIPRA! [February 4, 2011]
  43. New Report Shows Recovery Funding Steadied Health Coverage for Kids [January 13, 2011]
  44. 10 Reasons Why Repealing Health Reform Would Harm Children [January 10, 2011]
  45. 2010 Kids Policy Roundup [December 23, 2010]
  46. Health Insurance for Kids Easier Than You Think [December 22, 2010]
  47. Trouble for Children’s Hospitals [December 14, 2010]
  48. Health Care Reform to Save States Billions [December 2, 2010]
  49. Our Military Families Under Fire [November 22, 2010]
  50. New Report Studies the Impact of the Recession on Kids [November 17, 2010]
  51. Texas’ Children Deserve Better [November 10, 2010]
  52. McMarketing: Fast Food Ads Target Kids [November 9, 2010]
  53. Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice [October 26, 2010]
  54. Nominate an Outstanding Advocate for RWJ’s Community Health Leaders Program- Deadline this Friday! [October 19, 2010]
  55. The Milk Party [October 8, 2010]
  56. Beetles, BPA and Babies, Oh My! [September 27, 2010]
  57. News Stories Reveal that Insurance Companies will Not Play by the Rules [September 23, 2010]
  58. Make Me BPA Free [September 21, 2010]
  59. Children’s Lives Will Be Changed For the Better [September 21, 2010]
  60. Texas Chemical Spill Proves We're Not Doing Enough to Protect our Children [August 31, 2010]
  61. Benefits to Real People, Real Lives [April 12, 2010]
  62. Health Reform Battles Lie Ahead [April 2, 2010]
  63. Health Reform Begins With Children [March 25, 2010]
  64. Covering the Unique Health Care Needs of Children [August 20, 2009]

Events

  1. Keys to Kids Care: Unlocking Ideas to Improve Care for Kids in Medicaid [July 1, 2013]
  2. Congressional Briefing: Health Impacts of the Immigration System on Children and Families [May 30, 2013]
  3. Briefing on Health, Public Benefits, and Economic Supports in Immigration Reform [May 28, 2013]
  4. Substance Use Disorders in Child Welfare: What Works for Children and Families [May 23, 2013]
  5. CHIP 101: Past, Present and Future [April 30, 2013]
  6. Health and Public Benefits in Immigration Reform [April 30, 2013]
  7. #PreventionFund TwitterStorm [February 22, 2013]
  8. Medicaid Matters for Kids Briefing: Medicaid and Kids 101 [February 14, 2013]
  9. SPARC Webinar: Child Welfare and the Affordable Care Act [February 8, 2013]
  10. Webinar - The Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act and Its Impact on Childhood Asthma [August 29, 2012]
  11. Congressional Briefing: Improving Medicaid Mental Health Services for Children [May 14, 2012]
  12. Affordable Care Act Tweetup featuring Dr. George Askew of HHS [March 19, 2012]
  13. Fundamentals of How Medicaid Works for Kids [January 19, 2012]
  14. Fixing the Kids Glitch Congressional briefing [December 12, 2011]
  15. WEBINAR: How Human Services Programs and Their Clients Can Benefit from National Health Reform Legislation [November 1, 2011]
  16. Staff Briefing: Children's Health 101 [February 9, 2011]
  17. Congressional Briefing: Children in the Recession [November 3, 2010]
  18. Capitol Hill Briefing: Health Reform - The Impact on our Nation’s Children [July 22, 2010]

Library Items: Reports

  1. Medicaid Block Grants are Bad for Kids [October 25, 2012]
  2. Prospects for Continued Progress on Children’s Health Insurance in the Seven Southwestern States [October 10, 2012]
  3. Children’s Oral Health in New Mexico: Lessons from the Southwest [October 5, 2012]
  4. Community Health Workers, Promotores, and Parent Mentors [October 5, 2012]
  5. The Kids-First Agenda [February 28, 2012]
  6. A Big, New Investment in America's Poorest (and Youngest?) Children: Conditional Cash Transfers [February 24, 2012]
  7. Addressing the Health Care Needs of Children in the Child Welfare System [November 1, 2011]
  8. Medicaid and Vouchers for Private Coverage [September 9, 2011]
  9. Medicaid Block Grants are Bad for Kids [September 7, 2011]
  10. Medicaid Works: A Review of How Public Insurance Protects the Health and Finances of Children and Other Vulnerable Populations [June 12, 2011]
  11. Net Effects of the Affordable Care Act on State Budgets [December 1, 2010]
  12. Net Effects of the Affordable Care Act on [December 1, 2010]
  13. The Recession and Child Maltreatment [November 17, 2010]
  14. The Recession and Housing Stability [November 16, 2010]
  15. The Recession and Food Security [November 16, 2010]
  16. The Effect of the Recession on Child Well-Being [November 14, 2010]
  17. Does Congress’ bipartisan SCHIP bill move towards a federal government take-over of the country’s health care system? [March 23, 2010]
  18. Achieving Optimal Health and Healthcare for All Children: How We Can Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Children's Health and Healthcare [March 15, 2010]
  19. Health Reform and Adolescents [March 15, 2010]
  20. Creating Comprehensive and Stable Health Insurance Coverage for All Children: Identifying and Working to Resolve the "Four-Pathway" Challenge [March 15, 2010]
  21. The Impact of the Health Americans Act on Children's Health Coverage [March 15, 2010]
  22. How Capping the Tax Exclusion May Disproportionately Burden Children & Families [March 15, 2010]
  23. History of U.S. Children's Policy [March 15, 2010]
  24. Children in Health Reform: Comparing CHIP to the Exchange Plans [March 15, 2010]
  25. Covering Children and their Parents: The Massachusetts Model and Implications for National Health Reform [March 15, 2010]
  26. Implications of Health Care Reform for Children Currently Enrolled in CHIP Programs [March 15, 2010]
  27. Impacts of Early Childhood Programs: Nurse Home Visiting [March 15, 2010]
  28. Impacts of Early Childhood Programs [March 15, 2010]
  29. Big Ideas: Investing in our Nation's Future [March 15, 2010]
  30. Psychotropic Medication Use in Children on Medicaid [March 15, 2010]
  31. Addressing the Health Care Needs of Foster Care Children [March 15, 2010]
  32. CMS Medicaid Regulations: Implications for Children with Special Health Care Needs [March 15, 2010]
  33. Children with Special Health Care Needs Bear the Brunt of the Administration's Proposed Actions to Limit the Scope of Medicaid [March 15, 2010]
  34. The Obama Health Plan & Children's Coverage [March 15, 2010]
  35. The McCain Health Plan & Children's Coverage [March 15, 2010]
  36. Kids without Coverage: State-by-State Trends, 2004-2006 [March 15, 2010]
  37. Parental Health Insurance Coverage as Child Health Policy: Evidence from the Literature [March 15, 2010]
  38. Effective Healthcare Reform Starts with a Tax Fix [March 15, 2010]
  39. Administration Policy Change Threatens Health Care Coverage for Poor Infants [March 15, 2010]

Library Items: Fact Sheets

  1. Children's Health in the President's 2014 Budget [April 19, 2013]
  2. Making Health Insurance Exchanges Work for Kids [April 2, 2013]
  3. Republican Budget Redux [March 13, 2013]
  4. Medicaid Keeps Children Healthy [February 22, 2013]
  5. Affordable Care Act (ACA) Coverage for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care [January 17, 2013]
  6. Defining Essential Health Benefits: What’s Needed for Children? [December 11, 2012]
  7. Medicaid Block Grants are Bad for Kids [October 25, 2012]
  8. 10 Reasons Why Extending Medicaid Coverage is Important for Kids [September 12, 2012]
  9. Supreme Court Affordable Care Act Ruling a Major Win for America’s Children [June 28, 2012]
  10. Energy and Commerce Reconciliation Package Targets CHIP and Medicaid, Risks the Health of America's Children [May 2, 2012]
  11. House Budget Committee Plan Ends Kids Coverage as We Know It [March 27, 2012]
  12. Federal Health Expenditures on Children on the Eve of Health Reform: Summary & Recommendations [March 22, 2012]
  13. The Affordable Care Act: A Major Win for Children's Health [March 20, 2012]
  14. Children’s Health in the President’s FY 2013 Budget [February 24, 2012]
  15. Comments for the Federal Register about Regulations in the Affordable Care Act [February 22, 2012]
  16. 2012 Appropriations for Kids [January 26, 2012]
  17. Fixing the Family Glitch: Treasury Regulations Put Children’s Coverage at Risk [December 13, 2011]
  18. Fiscal Year 2012 Labor, HHS, & Education Appropriations: A Side-by-Side Comparison [October 13, 2011]
  19. Medicaid Works- Key Findings from the Report [June 13, 2011]
  20. Chairman Ryan's Proposed FY 2012 Budget Resolution Risks the Health and Future of Our Nation's Children [April 7, 2011]
  21. Children of Immigrants and Healthcare Coverage [March 11, 2011]
  22. Impact of the President’s FY 2012 Budget Request on Children’s Health Programs [February 17, 2011]
  23. Fast Facts: Children's Health Coverage [February 3, 2011]
  24. 10 Reasons Why Repealing Health Reform Would Harm Children [January 11, 2011]
  25. Medicaid Savings from Health Reform Will Exceed Costs to State Budgets by a Significant Margin [December 2, 2010]
  26. Policy Recommendations: Child Maltreatment [November 17, 2010]
  27. Policy Recommendations: Housing Stability [November 16, 2010]
  28. Policy Recommendations: Food Security [November 16, 2010]
  29. First Focus Policy Recommendations: Child Health [November 15, 2010]
  30. Join the Secretary's "Connecting Kids to Coverage" Challenge [August 31, 2010]
  31. What the Passage of Health Reform Means for Children [April 29, 2010]
  32. Nutritious Eating & Active Lifestyles [March 18, 2010]
  33. Protecting Healthy Start [March 18, 2010]
  34. Health Reform for Children [March 18, 2010]
  35. Children's Health Insurance Program [March 18, 2010]
  36. Childhood Obesity [March 18, 2010]
  37. Expanding School-Based Health Centers [March 18, 2010]
  38. Poll Summary: Cover all Children from Head to Toe [March 18, 2010]
  39. Massachusetts: A Model for Success in Building on Existing Public Programs to Assure Health Coverage for Children and Families [March 17, 2010]
  40. Children Currently Enrolled in CHIP will Face Higher Costs if Moved into Exchange [March 17, 2010]

Library Items: Legislative Comparisons

  1. Congressional Health Reform Proposals: How Do Children Fare? [March 23, 2010]
  2. State Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Side-By-Side [March 23, 2010]

Library Items: Polling and Opinion Research

  1. Poll Results: Protecting Children's Programs in the Federal Budget [April 26, 2011]

Library Items: Congressional Testimony

  1. First Focus Statement for the Record, Hearing on Supplemental Security Income Benefits for Children [November 8, 2011]
  2. Impact of Gaps in Health Coverage on Income Security [March 17, 2010]
  3. Covering Uninsured Kids: Missed Opportunities for Moving Forward [March 17, 2010]
  4. Hearing on the Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R. 3014) [March 17, 2010]
  5. Childhood Obesity: The Declining Health of America's Next Generation [March 17, 2010]

Library Items: Advertisements

  1. Off to a Good Start [March 17, 2010]
  2. Vote for Me (Emily) [March 17, 2010]
  3. Vote for Me (Jacob) [March 17, 2010]
  4. Lost in the Shuffle [March 17, 2010]
  5. Fix What's Broken [March 17, 2010]
  6. How Much Longer Will We Make Them Wait? [March 17, 2010]
  7. But We Can [March 17, 2010]
  8. Kid's Congress [March 17, 2010]
  9. Health Reform Starts with Children [March 15, 2010]

Library Items: Letters and Correspondence

  1. Fiscal Cliff "Plan B" Letter to House Members [December 20, 2012]
  2. Families Glitch Letter to President Obama [December 6, 2012]
  3. Letter in Support of Asthma Task Force [July 27, 2012]
  4. ACA Treasury Regulations - Letter to the President [July 26, 2012]
  5. Letter to Secretary Sebelius on Medicaid Exchange Rules [May 8, 2012]
  6. Comments for the Federal Register about Regulations in the Affordable Care Act [February 22, 2012]
  7. Essential Health Benefits letter to HHS [February 1, 2012]
  8. Comments Submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the Proposed Rules to the Affordable Care Act on Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plan Comments [November 3, 2011]
  9. Comments Submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Proposed Rules to the Affordable Care Act on Exchange Functions [November 3, 2011]
  10. Comments Submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Proposed Rules to the Affordable Care Act on Medicaid Eligibility [November 3, 2011]
  11. Comments Submitted to the Treasury Department on Proposed Rules to the Affordable Care Act [November 3, 2011]
  12. Comments Submitted to the Treasury Department and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Proposed Rules to the Affordable Care Act [November 2, 2011]
  13. April 13, 2011: Letter to Speaker Boehner, Minority Leader Pelosi, Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Van Hollen [April 14, 2011]
  14. April 7, 2011: Letter to Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Van Hollen [April 8, 2011]
  15. August 4, 2010: Letter to HHS Providing Comment on Dependent Coverage of Children [August 5, 2010]
  16. June 16: Letter to Senate Leadership in Support of Dr. Berwick's Nomination to Lead CMS [June 16, 2010]
  17. Aug. 5, 2009: Letter to Members of Congress [March 23, 2010]
  18. July 8, 2009: Letter to the Senate Finance Committee [March 23, 2010]
  19. May 26, 2009: Letter to the Senate Finance Committee [March 23, 2010]
  20. May 22, 2009: Letter to the Senate Finance Committee [March 23, 2010]
  21. May 14, 2009: Letter to the Senate Finance Committee [March 23, 2010]
  22. April 23, 2009: Letter to President Obama [March 23, 2010]
  23. February 6, 2009: Letters to President Obama and Congressional Leadership [March 23, 2010]
  24. December 9, 2009: Letter to Senator Casey [March 23, 2010]
  25. January 28, 2009: Letter to the U.S. Senate [March 23, 2010]
  26. May 20, 2008: Letter to President Bush and DHS Secretary Leavitt [March 23, 2010]
  27. May 15, 2008: Letter to House and Senate Leadership [March 23, 2010]
  28. April 7, 2008: Letter to House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee [March 23, 2010]
  29. April 22, 2008: Letter to Senators Brown and Burr and Representatives Upton and Towns [March 23, 2010]
  30. November 11, 2008: Letter to the Senate Finance Committee [March 23, 2010]
  31. September 27, 2007: Letter to First Lady Laura Bush [March 23, 2010]
  32. September 18, 2007: Letter to the President [March 23, 2010]

Library Items: Messaging Resources

  1. ACA Messaging Recommendations - 1/2012 Memo to State Partners [January 25, 2012]
  2. Strategic Messaging: Making Children a National Priority [April 29, 2010]
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