Coloradans call on Congress to restore kids’ insurance aid
By Joyzelle Davis, Rocky Mountain News
Less than half of lower-income working families receive health insurance from their employers, a 9 percent drop in the past decade, according to a study released Wednesday.
Some 47 percent of parents nationwide earning less than $40,000 are offered health insurance from their employers, while offers of health insurance to families earning $80,000 or more have held steady at 78 percent during the same period.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released the report as Congress debates reauthorizing the state Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, which provides each state with federal funds to design a health insurance plan for children not poor enough for Medicaid but not earning enough to buy private insurance.
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