Murphy is a resident physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Keppel is a resident physician at Brigham and Women’s and Boston Children’s hospitals. With the passage of President Trump’s tax bill and its ...

Hundreds thousands children lose Medicaid coverage since January 2025, raising uninsured rates and straining children's hospitals nationwide.

At the start of the summer, President Donald Trump passed his sweeping tax package, named the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which included major changes to Medicaid, such as a projected almost $1 trillion ...

WEST JORDAN, Utah — The lingering uncertainty in Congress over the fate of the Children's Health Insurance Program has left Ashlee and Levi Smith torn between optimism and anxiety. As the parents of ...

Healthcare is critical for a child’s long-term well-being. Children who have access to insurance coverage are more likely to receive preventive care and services such as routine physicals, ...

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play critical roles in US child health coverage, but children frequently endure uninsured periods, and recent federal health policy changes ...

Although the Medicaid provisions in HR1 primarily target adults, several mechanisms in the legislation would directly and indirectly harm children. Cuts to federal Medicaid funding pose a substantial ...