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Public Programs That Work -- Good News on Children's Coverage

Gene Lewit | Posted 04.29.2012

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Gene Lewit

We still have a long way to go before we solve the problem of the uninsured in America. Millions of children are currently eligible for Medicaid and CHIP but not enrolled and coverage for millions more is tenuous and transitory.

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Baby Boom Has Gone Bust

Tom Silva | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Silva

One unexpected side effect of economic hard times is a sharp decline in birth rates. In Illinois, for example, the birth rate has fallen to its lowes...

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Study: Older, Unmarried, Educated Moms On Rise

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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New mothers in the U.S. are increasingly older and better educated than they were two decades ago, according to a study on the state of American mothe...

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