Impact of Gaps in Health Coverage on Income Security
On November 14, First Focus President Bruce Lesley testified before the House Committee on Ways and Means’ Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support to discuss the “Impact of Gaps in Health Coverage on Income Security.”
Click here to read Bruce Lesley's testimony.
Click here to read Appendix A - "Kids without Coverage, State by State Trends"
Click here to read Appendix B – “Can Middle-Class Families Afford the Cost of Health Insurance?”
Hearing Information:
WHEN: November 14, 2007
WHERE: B-318 Rayburn House Office Building
WHO: Witnesses Included:
- Bruce Lesley - president, First Focus
- Sherena Johnson - former foster youth from Morrow, Georgia
- Sara R. Collins - assistant vice president, Program on the Future of Health Insurance, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, N.Y.
- Brian J. Gottlob - senior fellow, Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Ron Pollack - founding executive director, Families USA
