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1. Taxing the incomes of N.J.'s working-poor families makes no sense
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  The Center's full report can be found here. Jon Whiten is the Communications and Technology Director at NJPP. ALSO BY JON WHITEN Restore EITC and reverse NJ FamilyCare cuts in this year's budget ...

2. N.J. Health Benefit Exchange Act would help address uninsurance crisis
(Opinion/Commentary)

... one in seven New Jerseyans do not have health insurance of any kind. We have made major progress in insuring children because of NJ FamilyCare, but the problem for adults has gotten much worse. Eighty-eight ...

3. Restore EITC and reverse NJ FamilyCare cuts in this year's budget
(Money/Economy)

... about the need to fully restore the New Jersey's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in 2013 and to reverse cuts to NJ FamilyCare that have resulted in nearly 100,000 New Jerseyans not obtaining health coverage. ...

4. Christie approves 57 bills, pocket vetoes 42 others
(N.J./State)

... equipment from site plan approval S-3038/A-4371 - Restores eligibility of New Jersey Health ACCESS recipients for NJ FamilyCare effective August 1, 2011 S-3052wGR/A-4336 - Establishes Small Business ...

5. N.J. receiving $16.8M in federal aid for medical care of eligible children
(Health/Healthquest)

... the same forms are used to apply for Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare A) or CHIP (NJ FamilyCare B and C) and applicants are not required to appear for a face-to-face interview, which can be difficult for working ...

6. N.J. should lift ban on sale of syringes in pharmacies
(Opinion/Commentary)

... who are most vulnerable and in need of government intervention. E.g., NJ FamilyCare, which provides health services to the state’s poorest children. But when it comes to the issue of allowing pharmacies ...

7. Christie highlights his commitments to health care
(N.J./State)

... cutting back on adult medical day care, freezing FamilyCare for adults or slashing Medicaid and help for nursing homes, this governor has made clear he is not committed to ensuring access to health care ...

8. N.J. Democrats' budget restored funding to residents in need
(Opinion/Commentary)

... two of the state’s most important programs aimed at helping working poor families – the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the NJ FamilyCare health insurance program. The Democrats’ budget restores ...

9. N.J. Senate, Assembly approve $30.6 billion Democratic version of 2011-12 state budget
(N.J./State)

... Camden where layoffs have led to higher crime rates. Another $7.5 million would go to restore funding for women’s health clinics and $300 million would go for NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid to allow working ...

10. N.J. Assembly committee approves Democrats' $30 billion 2011-12 budget proposal
(N.J./State)

... go to restore funding for women’s health clinics and $300 million would go for NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid to allow working parents to continue to obtain affordable health care coverage. The budget proposal ...

11. N.J. Democrats show what they stand for with proposed state budget and millionaires’ tax
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Camden and other communities with high crime rates. Health Care: It is said the bill would restore $7.5 million in ideological cuts to women’s health clinics and $300 million for NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid ...

12. Democrat says Christie’s budget philosophy ‘born out of a moral vacuum’
(N.J./State)

... the proposal. The state estimates that about 23,000 people in the 2011-12 fiscal year that begins July 1 would be prevented from enrolling in Medicaid and New Jersey FamilyCare, a related program for working ...

13. New Jersey’s poor need Gov. Christie to care about their health
(Opinion/Commentary)

... patients. First, the governor's 2011 budget kicked thousands of low-income parents off the state's FamilyCare health insurance program, leaving many with nowhere to turn for health care except the health ...

14. Diversity provides healthcare challenges for New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

... are uninsured and eligible for Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare. A key component of this effort is outreach to underserved groups, including racial and ethnic minorities. NJHA is reaching out to families at the ...

15. N.J. Assembly panels to examine effects of state budget cuts on New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

... Senior Services Committee will hear testimony on the impact on families of Gov. Chris Christie's cuts to NJ FamilyCare, which provides insurance to working families, and the New Jersey Early Intervention ...

16. Christie vetoes homebuyer’s tax credit, two healthcare bills Democrats designed to create jobs
(N.J./State)

... and Senior Citizens Committee and sponsor of S-2134 said the legislation would restore nearly $25 million which was cut from the 2010-11 budget from the FamilyCare program to provide health care access ...

17. Immigrants sue N.J. over loss of state-subsidized health care
(Health/Healthquest)

... such status — less than five years — may be the reason why they were removed from the program, which means they will lose their FamilyCare benefits under new eligibility restrictions announced earlier ...

18. N.J. millionaire’s tax is showdown issue of the 2011 budget
(Opinion/Commentary)

... million by reducing payments to workers providing personal assistance to people with developmental disabilities. $25 million by denying health coverage to 39,000 low-income parents in FamilyCare. $4 ...

19. No health insurance for your child? Help is on the way in N.J.
(Health/Healthquest)

... will receive the mailing. The state will mail about 9,000 applications each week until all of these families are contacted. Each application is in a yellow envelope marked, N.J. FamilyCare Express Lane ...

20. NJ Transit fare hikes are a tax increase on the middle class and working poor
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the combination of funding cuts for higher education as well as student financial aid; and the increase in FamilyCare premiums — all are tantamount to a tax increase. In another disturbing move, ...