Women Take Primary Responsibilities for Children’s Medical Needs
Women Take Primary Responsibilities for Children’s Medical Needs Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
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Women Take Primary Responsibilities for Children’s Medical Needs Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
Access to Care by Health Insurance Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU analysis of 2011 NHIS data
Number of Nonelderly Uninsured Individuals, 2007-2011 Download Source KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of 2009 through 2012 ASEC Supplement to the CPS. Holahan J and Chen V. “Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007-2010.” Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. December 2011.
The Nonelderly Uninsured Population by Age and Parent Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU/ Urban Institute analysis of 2012 ASEC Supplement to the CPS
Children’s Eligibility for Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013 Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013
Medicaid_s role for selected populations Download Source NOTE: FPL-- Federal Poverty Level. The U.S. Census Bureau's poverty threshold for a family with two adults and one child was $19,318 in 2016. SOURCES: KFF analysis of 2017 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement; Birth data -Implementing Coverage and Payment Initiatives: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017, KFF, October 2016.; Medicare data - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission,…
Percent of Adults and Children with an Emergency Room Visit in the Past Year by Citizenship Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU analysis of 2011 NHIS data.
Uninsured Rates of Children, by Citizenship Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of March 2011 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that Medicaid cover children with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) ($31,322 for a family of four in 2013) as of January 2014. Today, there are “stairstep” eligibility rules for children. States must cover children under the age of six in families with income of at least 133 percent of the FPL in Medicaid while older children and teens with incomes above 100 percent…
Of the 19 million U.S. children under 5, half are children of color, making this group more diverse than the U.S. population overall. There is also significant variation across the country.
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