Report Finds Medicaid Expansion Associated with Lower Child Uninsured Rates Feb 17, 2021 | Adam Searing, Allie Corcoran, Joan Alker | Georgetown University CCF The link between a parent being insured and their children becoming enrolled in health coverage is important to understanding how Medicaid expansion contributes to child uninsurance rates in states. Read original
2020 State of the Child: Covid-19 Edition TN State Government / TN Commission on Children and Youth Full report here.
2020 March of Dimes Report Card March of Dimes Tennessee received a D- (D-minus) grade on March of Dimes Annual Report Card, a slightly worse grade than TN received on the March of Dimes' 2019 report card. Full report here. Source: March of Dimes
Report: 80,000 Tennessee children uninsured Nov 7, 2020 | Nadia Ramlagan | Lebanon Democrat / Public News Service “This report looks at 2016 to 2019, when we had a healthy economy and the lowest unemployment rates in decades. So the picture is likely much worse for 2020.” -Kinika Young, TJC Senior Director of
Black babies more likely to survive when cared for by black doctors – US study Aug. 17, 2020 | Nina Lakhani | The Guardian Racial disparities in maternal and infant health are strong in TN, where we already rank 41st nationwide in maternal mortality and 43rd nationwide in infant mortality overall. Read original
