Data from the 2020 Childhood Lead Surveillance report from the Pennsylvania DOH showed the rate of children with elevated blood lead levels to be about 4.65. This is a rate two times higher than children poisoned in Flint, Mich., at the peak of the city’s crisis, according to a recent statement from the Lead-Free Promise […]
Report: Pa. kids show elevated blood levels at more than twice the national rate | Wednesday Coffee
An alarming 5 percent of Pennsylvania children have elevated levels of lead in their blood at more than two times the national rate, a newly released study has found. The research, from JAMA Pediatrics, a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association, puts Pennsylvania in the company of just six states nationwide with such dangerously high blood […]
Press Release: Pa’s uninsured rate increased, 8th highest number of uninsured kids in the nation
Pa’s uninsured rate increased, 8th highest number of uninsured kids in the nation Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (PPC), the only statewide advocacy organization with a public policy agenda that spans the life of a child prenatally through adulthood, today released the 2020 State of Children’s Health Care Report. “No child should be without health insurance […]
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Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children is dedicated to improving the well-being of PA's 2.6 million kids. We're independent, non-partisan and non-profit.
Medicaid is a huge part of the health care system, and millions of PAn's rely on it, including children with special health care needs, children living in the foster care system, children in rural areas, children in military families, and children in low-income, working families.
Medicaid covers approximately 3 million people in Pennsylvania, and more than 750,000 are covered because of the Medicaid expansion. Medicaid also helps our economy, with 15,000 jobs in Pennsylvania because of the Medicaid expansion.
Medicaid provides health insurance to PA children living in families with lower incomes, offering them the preventive care they need to thrive. @RepJohnJoyce, did you know that 46% of all children (or more than 77,000 children) in your district rely on #Medicaid and CHIP?
Medicaid provides health insurance to PA children living in families with lower incomes, offering them the preventive care they need to thrive.
Cuts to #Medicaid would threaten this vital system of care when families can least afford it. Congress should not make reckless cuts.
Medicaid provides health insurance to PA children living in families with lower incomes, offering them the preventive care they need to thrive.
Cuts to #Medicaid would threaten this vital system of care when families can least afford it. Congress should not make reckless cuts.
Medicaid provides health insurance to nearly all Pennsylvania children in foster care and those aging out of foster care. @RepSmucker, did you know that 38% of all children (or more than 69,000 children) in your district rely on Medicaid and CHIP?
Medicaid provides health insurance to nearly all PA children in foster care and those aging out of foster care. #Medicaid meets the unique needs of youth in foster care, providing benefits to treat physical health issues, chronic conditions & behavioral and mental health care.