Children — Volume 20, Issue 1 & 2

Why the Number of Uninsured Children is Going Up: A Conversation with Professor Joan Alker

The United States has made considerable progress to ensure that most children have health insurance, and child uninsured rates reached a historic low in 2016. However, since the start of the Trump Administration, more than 726,000 children have become uninsured for a total of 4.4 million. On top of that, there’s a public health emergency and the Affordable Care Act sits in the middle of hot political debate as the Supreme Court threatens to strike it down. To unpack the complicated but urgent issue of rising child uninsured rates, Associate Editor Jennifer Powley sat down with Prof. Joan Alker through a virtual interview.

ACAHHPRJanuary 9, 2021Children, ACA, Trump, Biden, Medicaid, health insurance, Texas, Florida, GeorgiaComment

Children in the Age of COVID-19: A Conversation with Professor Brooke Nichols

In the past year alone, the pandemic has already disrupted the lives of millions of children across America and the world. Yet, its long-term impact may still be with us for years to come.

Maternal and Child HealthHHPRDecember 4, 2020covid-19, Children, pandeComment