March 12th, 2009
Reports the Erie Times-News:
More than 50,000 Erie County residents — 18.4 percent of the total population — qualify for Medicaid but do not participate in the government-funded health insurance for the poor.
A new report published by the Erie Community Foundation also found that about 3,500 Erie County children qualify for the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program but are not enrolled.
“Many of them either don’t know that they qualify, or they don’t know how to navigate through the process,” said Shiloh Turner, the Erie Community Foundation’s vice president of programs.
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If more Erie County residents who qualify for Medicaid and C.H.I.P. enroll in the government-funded health insurance plans, the county’s health-care costs would decline and the residents would be better able to manage chronic illnesses, including diabetes and heart disease.
Read much more at the Erie Times-News.
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