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States' Scorecard Finds Big Differences in Kids' Health Care
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "One of the major efforts states can take to improve quality of care is to provide health insurance coverage to children, particularly low-income children," Davis said. "States that do a good job on that are among the states that are highest ranked on the various dimensions of quality of care. They are also the states that tend to do well on equity measures to help ensure that minority children and low-income children have better access to care and better quality of care".
One expert believes it's essential to increase funding for Medicaid and SCHIP to get more children covered by health insurance.
"We think this is a great report and it shows what we have been trying to show for a long time, which is how important Medicaid and SCHIP are to children's health," said Jenny Sullivan, a senior health policy analyst with the nonprofit, nonpartisan health care advocacy group Families USA. SCHIP legislation was enacted in 1997 to cover children in low-income families.
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To read the full report, visit the Commonwealth Fund.
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Last updated 5/28/2008
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SOURCES: May 27, 2008, teleconference with Karen Davis, president, and Edward L. Schor, M.D., vice president, Child Development and Preventive Care, The Commonwealth Fund, New York City; Jenny Sullivan, senior health policy analyst, Families USA, Washington, D.C.; U.S. Variations on Child Health System Performance: A State Scorecard
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