Transforming Mental Health Care in America - The Federal Action Agenda: First Steps
This issue of IIMHL update features the recently released report from SAMHSA, "The Federal Action Agenda: First Steps," detailing the continuing transformation of the Mental Health system in the United States. You can read the full report and there is also an executive summary available.
Friday, August 05, 2005
One-Third of the Estimated 8.4M Uninsured Children Go Without Medical Care for Entire Year, Despite Eligibility for Public Health Insurance, Report Says Item in the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report - "The number of uninsured U.S. children decreased by about two million to 8.4 million between 1998 and 2003, and 70% of the uninsured qualified for public health insurance programs such as Medicaid or SCHIP but were not enrolled, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, CQ HealthBeat reports. According to the report, released as part of the sixth annual RWJF Covering Kids and Families Back to School Campaign, 20% of Latino children lacked health insurance, compared with 9% of black children and 6% of white children... "
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