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Health Care
We're in the News: DSHS warns clients of budget cuts
Posted on: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 2:06pm
Programs for elderly, children likely to be eliminated The Olympian January 12, 2009 By Adam Wilson The state Department of Social and Health Services has been working to inform those its serves about $370 million in cuts to its budget by June. The agency sent out notice to families who signed up for state health insurance and make between 250 percent and 300 percent of the poverty level, telling them that the program was canceled because of cuts in this year's budget.
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2009 Legislative Agenda
Created on: Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 6:28pm
The Children's Alliance 2009 Legislative Agenda lays out our top priorities in this tough legislative session.
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Policy Paper - 2009 Session: Children's Health
Created on: Friday, December 5, 2008 - 6:31pm
The Children's Alliance 2009 Cover All Kids policy paper lays out our priorities for the 09 legislative session: stay the course and cover all kids by 2010.
Apple Health for Kids: Outreach Works
Created on: Friday, February 26, 2010 - 12:02pm
Apple Health for Kids provides comprehensive and affordable health coverage for children in our state. The Senate’s budget proposal completely eliminates funding for outreach activities. The ability to leverage future federal performance bonuses, in the millions, relies on our ability to identify and enroll eligible children through successful outreach strategies.
Read about our state's highly effective Apple Health for Kids outreach efforts.
MEDIA RELEASE: Senate, house budgets raise much-needed revenue
Posted on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 7:02pm
Senate and House lawmakers have rightly proposed budgets that raise substantial new revenue to protect some of the vital services that are helping children and families weather this punishing recession. But more revenue is needed to prevent devastating cuts to safety-net programs that, if enacted, would hurt families and pose serious threats to our state’s economic recovery.
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Apple Health for Kids: A Prescription for Ecnonomic Stability 2010
Created on: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 12:25pm
Washington state is at a critical moment for children’s health. For five years, state leaders and community partners have been working toward the vision of covering all children in Washington by 2010. Apple Health for Kids: A Prescription for Economic Stability is a new report from the Children’s Alliance that examines where our state stands after five years of progress, highlighting our achievements in children’s health coverage and access, and outlining what remains to be done in order to fulfill the promise of covering all kids.
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New Report Highlights Critical Moment for Children's Health
Submitted on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:32
Washington state is at a critical moment for children’s health. For five years, state leaders and community partners have been working toward the vision of covering all children in Washington by 2010.
Could WA Lose Coverage in Federal Health Care Reform?
Submitted on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 18:46
If Congress winds up repealing the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), families in Washington and other states could face significantly higher costs and lose coverage that’s better for low- to moderate-income kids than anything that’s been proposed so far as part of federal health care reform.
Federal Children's Health Performance Bonus 2009
Created on: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 3:14pm
Background on the federal performance bonus awarded to Washington State for progress on enrolling children in Apple Health for Kids.
WE'RE IN THE NEWS: STATE GETS EXTRA $7.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS
Posted on: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 10:03am
The Children's Alliance continues to obtain coverage surrounding the announcement that Washington won a $7.5 million "performance bonus" for the state's health insurance program for low- and moderate-income kids. The extra money, which the Children's Alliance worked hard to help the state secure, can and should be used to stop 16,000 kids from losing Apple Health for Kids coverage.
The Olympian article quotes Jon Gould, deputy director of the Children’s Alliance, who called on lawmakers to:
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