A BLUEPRINT TO REDUCE POVERTY IN NEW JERSEY

Ensure comprehensive health care

A. Increase state funding for the Family Care program so as to provide full and prompt coverage to all families and individuals who were eligible under the original design of the program.

B. Fully implement the Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program for all eligible New Jersey children, including all necessary steps concerning lead poisoning.

C. Reform the Charity Care safety net program to include access to physicians and all non-hospital-based necessary medical services.

D. Fund the premium assistance program for lower income people created by the state several years ago.

 


A BLUEPRINT TO REDUCE POVERTY IN NEW JERSEY
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