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Children with NO Healthcare Visits within 12 Months

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1. Ann Miller RN MHA, on July 14, 2015 at 6:08 PM said:

   Children’s Healthcare Spending Trends

   Here are some key findings from the Children’s Health Spending: 2010-2013 report:

   • Spending for children ages 0-18 covered by employer-sponsored insurance grew 5.7%/year 2010-2013.
   • Per capita spending for children reached $2,574 by 2013, a $391 increase from 2010.
   • Spending for health care for teen girls ($2834) was higher than for teen boys ($2,661).
   • The average price of an inpatient admission for a child increased by $744 in 1 year, hitting $14,685 in 2013.
   • The biggest decline in ER visits in 2013 was for teenage boys (a decline of 11 per 1,000 teen boys).
   • $4,813 was spent per capita for babies in 2013.

   Source: Health Care Cost Institute, July 8, 2015

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2. Hope Hetico RN MHA, on February 24, 2016 at 4:25 PM said:

   5 Million Children Remained Uninsured in 2014

   The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released an analysis regarding health coverage rates in children. Here are some key findings from the report:

   • From 2013 to 2014, the number of uninsured children fell from 5.9 million to 4.9 million.
   • 7.5% of children were uninsured in 2013.
   • In 2014, the percentage of uninsured children dropped 16% to 6.3%.
   • Rates of uninsured children decreased most among Hispanics, non-whites and low-income families.
   • Half of the uninsured children are in 6 states: Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and New York.
   • In 2014, 34% of children were enrolled in Medicaid while 59% had private coverage.

   Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February 11, 2016

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3. Ann Miller RN MHA, on April 28, 2016 at 7:24 PM said:

   3.2% of Children Under Age Five are Uninsured

   The Urban Institute recently conducted an analysis of uninsurance rates in children under five years old. Here are some key findings from the report:

   • The share of young children (under 5) without health insurance fell from 13% in 1997 to 3.2% in 2015.
   • As of 2014, 1 million young children were uninsured, down from nearly 3 million in 1997.
   • 91.6% of uninsured young children were in families with incomes below 400% FPL in 2014.
   • Young noncitizen children were more than 3 times as likely to be uninsured as citizen children.
   • 6.4% of children with noncitizen family members were uninsured, compared to 3.5% with all-citizen families.
   • In 2014, 40.9% of uninsured young children were Hispanic, 41.5% were white, and 11.4% were black.

   Source: The Urban Institute, April 19, 2016

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4. Lily, on September 22, 2016 at 12:52 PM said:

   Chan Zuckerberg Initiative pledges $3B to fight disease

   In announcing the donation through tears, Priscilla Chan, the pediatrician wife of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, recalled telling parents their child had an incurable disease or could not be revived.

   That inspired her and her husband to direct their philanthropy toward efforts to “cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children’s lifetime.”

   via USA Today

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