A New Jersey watchdog group is voicing its opposition to millions of dollars in proposed cuts to the states’ budget that aid its uninsured population, calling such measures “mean and short-sighted.”

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded the state of New Jersey a $4.2 million performance bonus for its efforts to decrease the number of uninsured children in the state.

Parents of newborns in New Jersey will soon be able to bring their new bundle of joy home from the hospital complete with insurance coverage.

New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Neil N. Jasey recently met with State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-37th District) and local officials to highlight increases in the enrollment in the NJ FamilyCare program.

Citing aggressive initiatives to enroll those without health insurance in New Jersey, Gov. Jon Corzine said the state is “setting the national standard” to ensure affordable health care for residents.

An additional 33,000 New Jersey children are expected to receive health care this year, thanks to $286 million in federal funding coming to the state through the Children’s Health Insurance …  Read →

New Jersey’s chairman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee says he has a plan to preserve the state’s health plan rather than tighten restrictions as Gov. …  Read →

New Jersey officials will track and seek to enroll the state’s uninsured children in a new way: a simple check box on tax forms.

Jon S. Corzine

Gov. Jon Corzine announced …  Read →

As part of his $29.8 billion budget delivered to state legislators, New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine is allocating millions to help the uninsured.

Jon S. Corzine

Corzine pledged a $193 …  Read →