Aug 18, 2014
A relatively high proportion of children overall living in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties see a dentist once a year (at least 92% across all four counties in 2012), yet disparities in access persist for children who are poor and uninsured, and in...
Aug 18, 2014
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Aug 18, 2014
Approximately two thirds (13,000) Philadelphia school students who fail a school nurse vision screen do not get a follow-up eye exam. School nurses report that one of the main reasons parents say they do not take their kids for follow-up care is because they do not...
Aug 18, 2014
Children’s health status and their family’s financial status can suffer when they lose their insurance coverage for a period of time before they re-enroll. Children who “churn” on and off of coverage are less likely to receive check-ups and immunizations, and their...
Aug 18, 2014
More children were made eligible for Medicaid because of the Affordable Care Act as of January, 2014. PA children ages 6 to 18 who live in households between 100% and 133% of the federal poverty income guidelines are now eligible for Medicaid – whereby most had...
Aug 18, 2014
PCCY’s Bottom Line Report found that more than 20,000 suburban children have no health insurance, yet the majority of them qualify for public health insurance. Approximately 1 in 3 children in every county is obese or overweight, and the rate rose in three out of...
