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Promising Policies Voices is Investigating:

• Supporting efforts to enroll 100% of Georgia’s children who are already eligible for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids. Enrolling the 225,000 kids whose families’ incomes fall into these categories, would amount to nearly 96% coverage of Georgia kids.

•  “PeachCare for All Kids” is a bipartisan initiative with the intent to expand public health insurance eligibility for children and leverage the state’s buying power to create affordable, comprehensive heath insurance plans for children at higher income levels. A growing number of legislators have indicated support for a revised bill that would leverage current Medicaid and Peachcare programs and add options for non-eligible but uninsured children and teens. With full enrollment, 100% of Georgia’s children could have health insurance under PeachCare for All Kids.

• Support improved child health status through delivery of high quality health care services.  Encourage government agencies, care management organizations, healthcare providers and other entities to measure and report child health indicators, giving priority to healthy birth weight, timely immunizations, oral health, healthy weight status, and good mental health through Five Healthy Steps, published by Voices for Georgia’s Children in December 2007