Healthcare is critical for a child’s long-term well-being. Children who have access to insurance coverage are more likely to receive preventive care and services such as routine physicals, ...

Murphy is a resident physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Keppel is a resident physician at Brigham and Women’s and Boston Children’s hospitals. With the passage of President Trump’s tax bill and its ...

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play critical roles in US child health coverage, but children frequently endure uninsured periods, and recent federal health policy changes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Denise Ricciardi during a Senate session on Feb. 5, 2026. Ricciardi is the prime sponsor of SB 614, which creates ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The number of uninsured children in Ohio has increased by 30,000 in recent years, bringing the rate of children without health care coverage to 5.6%, largely due to minors losing ...

Insurance options for children include Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or private health insurance programs. Income levels can affect which insurance options a person’s ...