Tag: uninsured

CDC puts early end to free COVID vaccines for uninsured

A federal program providing free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults is shutting down this summer, before the fall rollout of updated vaccines to fight against the latest variants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said its Bridge Access Program will end in August because of a lack of funding. The program has provided over […]

Number of uninsured kids in Pennsylvania is growing

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children is a statewide non-partisan non-profit organization in Harrisburg. The organization says Pennsylvania is one of three states seeing an increase in of uninsured kids. “Research is showing, you know, that kids who have health insurance are healthier and do better in school,” said Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children’s […]