Statement

Senate and Assembly Pass Cover All Kids Legislation

Cover All Kids bill would expand access to NJ FamilyCare coverage to 80,000 uninsured children across New Jersey.

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Published on Jun 24, 2021 in Health

Earlier today, the Senate and Assembly passed S3798 (A5805) to Cover All Kids with health insurance. The bill would make improvements to NJ FamilyCare by eliminating premiums and waiting periods, increasing outreach initiatives, and establishing new coverage options through a buy-in program. In response to the bill’s passage, New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) releases the following statement. 

Brittany Holom-Trundy, Senior Policy Analyst, NJPP:

“All kids in New Jersey deserve access to affordable, high-quality health coverage. This bill creates many opportunities to address the barriers keeping more than 80,000 children in the state uninsured. By expanding coverage, eliminating premiums, and increasing outreach, lawmakers are making an important investment in the state’s future and the long-term health of New Jersey families.

“We urge the Governor to sign this legislation soon and for the administration and health leaders to dedicate themselves to building the best health care system possible for all children in the Garden State.”

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Author

  • Dr. Brittany L. Holom, Senior Policy Analyst, is a researcher and lecturer whose interests include health care system reform, the differential impact of health policies across socioeconomic groups, and the role of social and cultural factors in the access to and use of health care services, as well as health outcomes.
    Prior to joining NJPP in May 2020, Brittany taught classes on human security, health care systems, post-Soviet politics, human rights, and development at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and in the Department of Political Science at The College of New Jersey. She also served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at the Puerto Rican Action Board in New Brunswick and has recently volunteered at one of New Jersey’s COVID-19 testing sites as part of the Medical Reserve Corps.
    Brittany received her Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University in 2018, where her dissertation explored healthcare reforms in the former Soviet countries and the impact of decision making at critical junctures on long-term institutional trajectories. She received her Master’s in Politics from Princeton in 2013 and her Bachelor of Arts in Russian Language and Literature and Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in 2011.
    Email: holom (at) njpp.org
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