Senate Democrat Proposes Universal Health Care for Children

Sen. Andy Kim Thinks Kids Should Have Universal Healthcare. Sure Is Weird That They Don't Already!

Every year, there are approximately 250,000 GoFundMe campaigns from people seeking help covering their medical bills, and no small number of them are for children. We live in a country in which 66.5 percent of all bankruptcies are related to medical bills — up to 550,000 each year — and 15 percent of those medical bankruptcies are attributable to illnesses and injuries suffered by children. In 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (RIP)…

Should all NJ children get free health coverage? Sen. Kim has a plan

Sen. Andy Kim introduced a bill to establish MediKids, a government program to provide free health insurance from birth to 26 years.

Children would get universal healthcare under long-shot proposal

Senator Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, unveiled the "MediKids Act" on Tuesday.

Senate Democrat proposes universal health care for children

Dem Senator Proposes Universal Healthcare For Kids

The Hill reports: Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Tuesday unveiled a proposal for all American children to receive Medicare, a program he’s dubbed MediKids, saying Democrats must bring new ideas to move the conversation on healthcare forward. Kim’s MediKids Act would automatically enroll every child into the program at birth, provide continued eligibility until the age of 26 and cover 100 percent of the federal medical assistance percentage for this c…

Democratic senator proposes expanding Medicaid to cover children

The approach represents a potential way forward on a priority issue for Democrats if the party regains power in the future.