New U.S. state scorecard on children's health care finds wide geographic disparities
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 05:30
in Health & Medicine
Two years after the reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program, a new Commonwealth Fund state scorecard evaluating how the health care system is working for children finds that federal and state action has helped preserve, and expand, health coverage for children, despite the severe recession. Yet wide differences persist among states on children's health insurance coverage, affordability of care for families, preventive care and treatment, and the opportunity for children to lead healthy lives.