Poverty Issues
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Report: More than 59,000 Tennessee kids lose health coverage post-COVID
A new report from Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families says nationwide, 4.16 million fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and …
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
EBT 'skimming' on the rise, more Ohioans turn to food banks
The federal SNAP program allows nearly 1.3 million Ohio families to put food on the table -- but increasingly, when many recipients attempt to use …
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Report: Procedural reasons driving WV kids' loss in health coverage
More than 62,000 West Virginia kids have been dis-enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP and most were removed for p…
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
More than 1 million TX children disenrolled from Medicaid, CHIP
More than one million children in Texas no longer have health insurance through Medicaid, despite being eligible for coverage, according to a new …
Monday, May 6, 2024
'Food for All Oregonians' aims to extend food benefits to immigrants
Oregon advocates are shining a spotlight on hunger and related issues ahead of the fall elections. A recent report from the Immigrant Research …
Monday, May 6, 2024
IA women behind on mammograms, despite deadly breast cancer rate
Results of a new study show more American women are falling behind on getting critical breast cancer scans. Nowhere is this perhaps more important …
Monday, May 6, 2024
Report: Florida among top states for children losing health coverage post-COVID
After Texas, a new report shows Florida has seen the second-largest decline in the number of children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health …
Monday, May 6, 2024
Hundreds of thousands of CA children dropped off Medi-Cal since last year
Medi-Cal has dropped several hundred thousand low-income children from the health insurance rolls since April 2023, according to a new report from …
Monday, May 6, 2024
Federal findings stoke more debate about grocery profits
Wisconsinites don't spend as much on groceries compared with other states. However, consumer groups say shoppers everywhere are still feeling the …
Monday, May 6, 2024
Advocates address disparities for women in Missouri's health care system
Women, and particularly Black women, are disproportionately affected by strokes and other health conditions in Missouri. Keetra Thompson, a stroke …
Monday, May 6, 2024
Report: America’s wealthiest now worth a record $5.8 trillion
The nation's billionaires have doubled their wealth over the past seven years, while working people in West Virginia and elsewhere continue to face …
Monday, May 6, 2024
Eviction Defense Center helps VA renters fight eviction
As Virginia evictions rise, one group is helping low-income renters fight back. Before the pandemic, evictions peaked at 16,000 in January 2020…