JACKSON, Omit. — Miracle Allen used her remaining tank of fuel to force an hour and quarter-hour to the nearest sanatorium that might maintain her and her unborn child. Allen, 29, was once 4 months pregnant when Storm Ida ripped via her Houma, Louisiana, neighborhood. She spent 3 nights within the remnants of a space with a…
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Neala Harper got a nagging feeling each time she fed her daughter. She fed baby Penny almost every two hours, and during those times she’d think about the families struggling to find formula as stores struggle to keep enough supply in stock amid a nationwide shortage. Their babies were hungry, too. Harper, who lives in…
The big idea When children get health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, their families benefit, too. That’s what I found through recent research conducted with two fellow health economists, Daniel S. Grossman and Barton Willage. And it was particularly true for the children’s mothers, who become 5% more…
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