Will schools add insurance to the 3 Rs?

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Programs that offer school enrollment-based health insurance to uninsured children from low-income families seem to be successful and are increasing in number. In Volusia County, Florida, the Healthy Kids Corporation has provided comprehensive health insurance to more than 13,000 children since 1990. Candidates for this program are schoolchildren between the ages of five and 19 who are uninsured and ineligible for Medicaid. Pooling the children increases the affordability of the health insurance and government subsidies offset the cost to families which ranges from no charge to $48 per month based on income. Services are provided through a contract with a health maintenance organization. Four other counties in Florida have school enrollment-based health insurance programs and New Hampshire, California, and Arkansas are implementing similar versions of this model. Community partnerships that support structured school enrollment-based insurance programs are essential for widespread successes of such programs.

Models, Insurance, Poor children, Elementary school students

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Impact of Proposition 187 is difficult to gauge

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Immigrant visits to hospitals and clinics fell immediately after California voters approved Proposition 187, but the numbers rose again. However, some clinics report that immigrants are still afraid to use publicly funded facilities, which has resulted in severe illness and spread of disease. Proposition 187 denies illegal immigrants access to public services, but the measure is not in effect because of legal actions. A resident at San Francisco General Hospital speaks out against the proposition, calling it a violation of professional ethics and a disregard for the health of Californians. The AMA and the California Medical Association also criticize it.

Health aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Demographic aspects, California, Immigrants

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Activist Young Says "Gathering Storm" Will Propel a Single-Payer Movement

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Quentin Young, MD, advocates a single-payer system of universal health care. He is the founder and chair of the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group and national coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Plan. Dr. Young believes that the government must have a prominent place in American health care to ensure the distribution of services and prevent or control fraud, criminal activity, and excessive profit-taking. Under a universal coverage, single-payer system, every person would have access to medical care, with a government system coordinating payment for services.

Analysis, Finance, Political aspects, Medically uninsured persons, Health care reform, Single-payer system (Health care), Single payer system (Health care)

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