The following testimony was presented before the Assembly Committee on Health by Kids Forward Research Director Jon Peacock on January 15, 2019. On behalf of Kids Forward, I want to thank you for holding a hearing on the important topic of providing health insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions. I also want to thank...

With extremely limited hours for debate and public testimony and no time for analysis, the Legislature voted along party lines to adopt almost all of these drastic changes. They are now on their way to outgoing Governor Walker who has signaled his support for the legislation.

A decade of steady progress in reducing the number of uninsured children came to a halt in 2017 and reversed course. The number of uninsured children nationwide increased by about 276,000 last year, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.

November 5, 2018 Ms. Debbie Seguin, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement US Department of Homeland Security 500 12th Street SW Washington DC, 20536 DHS Docket No. ICEB-2018-0002 Dear Ms Seguin: Kids Forward is submitting comments to the US Departments of Homeland Security and Heath and Human...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 13, 2018 CONTACT: Wenona Wolf, Communication and Development Manager [email protected], 608-284-0580 x 304 A new report from Kids Forward finds that Wisconsin will be safer for everyone if Wisconsin lawmakers expand access to driver licenses to undocumented immigrants. Allowing all immigrants to have...