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Mashup Score: 6Commit to Kids: The Role of Deservingness in Shaping Advocacy - 15 day(s) ago
In political and societal deliberations over “who should get what, and why,” heuristics or cues often guide our attitudes and behaviors. Notions of “deservingness” and “social legitimacy” play a significant role in shaping support or opposition to social welfare policies.
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Mashup Score: 510 Reasons to Reject Medicaid Block Grants - 2 month(s) ago
Earlier this month, POLITICO reported that, after Congress rejected efforts to cut and block grant the Medicaid program in 2017, the Trump Administration is exploring ways to “bypass Congress” to impose “spending limits” upon the Medicaid program through some form of a block grant coupled with “flexibility.” This threatens the gains and progress that have been made in recent years toward the goal of reducing the number of uninsured people in this country.
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Our children are not alright. For example, earlier this year, a report in JAMA found that pediatric mortality rates – largely driven by increases in child homicide and suicide rates – are rising. Furthermore, infant mortality is on the rise for the first time in decades
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Our children are not alright. For example, earlier this year, a report in JAMA found that pediatric mortality rates – largely driven by increases in child homicide and suicide rates – are rising. Furthermore, infant mortality is on the rise for the first time in decades
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Mashup Score: 10
Our children are not alright. For example, earlier this year, a report in JAMA found that pediatric mortality rates – largely driven by increases in child homicide and suicide rates – are rising. Furthermore, infant mortality is on the rise for the first time in decades
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Mashup Score: 0Children Are Not Little Adults: Ensuring Adequate Pediatric Emergency Care in U.S. Hospitals - 5 month(s) ago
As a parent, there is perhaps nothing more terrifying than the helplessness felt when your child is gravely ill or injured. The rush to the emergency room is fraught with fear and uncertainty. When a child’s life hangs in the balance, every second feels like an eternity, and every decision made by health care professionals at a hospital carries immense weight.
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Mashup Score: 2The Senate’s “Better” Care Act is Worse for Kids. A Lot Worse. - 5 month(s) ago
There is not a single provision in the Senate bill that would make the lives of children in America any better. Not one. Across our country, we have reached a point where 95 percent of children now have health insurance coverage. We have cut the uninsured rate for children by 68 percent since the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was created 20 years ago. Therefore, if Congress does nothing else with current health legislation, it should at least guarantee that children are not left worse off.
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The Senate’s “Better” Care Act is Worse for Kids. A Lot Worse. - Substack https://t.co/E6Ft938IiG 6 1/2 years ago, then President Trump pushed for legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and block grant Medicaid. The bill would have been a disaster for children. https://t.co/Wwkl117dgb
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Mashup Score: 8Speaking of Kids: Calling Out Who’s for Kids, and Who’s Just Kidding - 5 month(s) ago
In 2023, we decided to launch our podcast, Speaking of Kids. Our fundamental premise is that children are, far too often, an afterthought in public policy discussions and priorities in this country. Our kids are often invisible in these debates, even in circumstances where the
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Mashup Score: 10Children Are Not Little Adults: Ensuring Adequate Pediatric Emergency Care in U.S. Hospitals - 5 month(s) ago
As a parent, there is perhaps nothing more terrifying than the helplessness felt when your child is gravely ill or injured. The rush to the emergency room is fraught with fear and uncertainty. When a child’s life hangs in the balance, every second feels like an eternity, and every decision made by health care professionals at a hospital carries immense weight.
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Mashup Score: 5The Invisibility of Children: The Other Form of Neglect - 5 month(s) ago
The kids are not alright.
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