The lower a family’s income, the greater the challenge associated with paying a premium for a child’s coverage. Joan Alker More Quotes by Joan Alker More Quotes From Joan Alker Much of the gains in children's coverage that came about as a result of Affordable Care Act have now been reversed. Joan Alker top-news With an improving economy and a very low unemployment rate, the fact that our nation is going backwards on children's health coverage is very troubling, without serious efforts to get back on track, the decline in coverage is likely to continue in 2018 and may in fact get worse for America's children. Joan Alker top-news What’s especially frustrating is that there’s no disagreement on the policy, it’s become a bargaining chip. Joan Alker politics The politics of what’s happening now with respect to CHIP have nothing to do with CHIP. The right thing to do would be to take CHIP out of this political fight and pass it by itself. Joan Alker politics
