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Urgent action needed to address children’s unmet health care needs during the pandemic
Declines in routine care, including vaccinations and mental health visits, for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program are concerning. Many promising strategies have emerged, like modifications to in-person health care delivery and telehealth expansions. But more coordinated, sustained efforts are urgently needed.
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The long-term effects of childhood exposure to the earned income tax credit on health outcomes
We find that an additional $100, or a 3 percent increase, in the average annual earned income tax credit exposure between birth and age 18 increases the likelihood of reporting very good or excellent health by 2.6 percent and decreases the likelihood of being obese by 4.1 percent between ages 22 and 27.
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Why we should be talking about mental health among Latinx communities
Although Latinx and white populations show similar rates of mental illness, there are disparities in treatment. This reality becomes even more alarming when economic inequities, like the disparate loss of jobs and health insurance among Latinx essential workers, are considered.
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Voluntary user-reported criteria for the Electronic Health Record Reporting Program
The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 created a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program to provide publicly available, comparative information on certified health IT products and improve the health IT marketplace. This report finalizes work in developing the user criteria as an incremental step in establishing the EHR Reporting Program.
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COVID-19 Resource Tracker: A guide to state and local responses
States and localities are responding with unprecedented activity to the health and economic crises caused by COVID-19. This guide compiles more than 160 resources tracking state and local data and policy responses related to health care, food, housing, income, schools, and other pandemic supports.
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