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Oral Health Books for Children Oral Health Care Highly Recommended Brush, Floss, and Rinse: Caring for Your Teeth and Gums* Amanda Doering Tourville, Picture Window Books, 2009 Ready, Set, Brush Sesame Street, Readers Digest Children’s Books, 2008 Brushing Teeth Mari Schuh, Capstone Press, 2008 Toothful Tales: Becoming Me Cavity Free Jeanette Flannery Courtad, DDS Mentors International Publications, 2015 Recommended Brush, Brush, Brush! Alicia Padron, Scholastic, 2010 Brush Your Teeth Please Leslie Mcguire, Studio Fun, 2013 Flossing Teeth* Mari Schuh, Capstone Press, 2008 Visiting the Dentist Highly Recommended At the Dentist* Mari Schuh, Capstone Press, 2008 Going to the Dentist Anne Civardi, Usborne, 2010 Dentists Help Dee Ready, Capstone Press, 2013 Dentists Kristin L. Nelson, Lerner Publishing Group, 2005 Recommended Max Goes to the Dentist* Adria F. Klein, Picture Window Books, 2006 My Dentist, My Friend P. K. Hallinan, Ideals Children’s Books, 2002 A Visit to The Dentist’s Office Patricia J. Murphy, Capstone Press, 2005 A Day in the Life of a Dentist Heather Adamson, Capstone Press, 2004 The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist Stan and Jan Berenstain, Random House, 1981 General Information About Teeth Highly Recommended Loose Tooth* Mari Schuh, Capstone Press, 2008 Mouth* Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noye, Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2010 I Know Why I Brush My Teeth Kate Rowan, Scholastic, 2000 Recommended All about Teeth* Mari Schuh, Capstone Press, 2008 Snacks for Healthy Teeth* Mari Schuh, Capstone Press, 2008 The Tooth Book Dr. Seuss, Random House, 2003 The book list and additional information about each book is available at http://guides.hshsl.umaryland.edu/dentistry/ DentalBooksForChildren *Bilingual edition also available 4/15 18 Kansas Child A Publication of Child Care Aware ® of Kansas
Children receive dental coverage through CHIP Contact your representatives to continue coverage for children What is CHIP? The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides free or low cost health coverage to kids and other family members, even kids whose parents make too much money for Medicaid coverage can qualify for CHIP. To qualify in Kansas, kids must be under the age of 19. Over the past 15 years, CHIP has done an excellent job in reducing the number of children without health insurance. And, under the Affordable Care Act, even more kids are covered. What’s covered? Under CHIP, there are 26 completely free “preventative health services” that include vaccinations and 10 essential health services that include pediatric dental and vision care, emergency services, maternity and newborn care. What’s at stake? CHIP provides health and dental coverage to more than 8 million children nationwide and is in jeopardy of running out of funding. If funding for the program runs out, millions of low-income working families will be worse off. Children currently enrolled in CHIP would be required to get private coverage on the health insurance Marketplace, and it is estimated that nearly two million children would not be eligible for a tax credit. Without any payment support, replacing CHIP coverage with private insurance will simply be unaffordable for these families. In fact, if CHIP ends, families will pay much more for children’s coverage, even if they are eligible for a tax credit. Under CHIP, families are protected from paying no more than 5% of their income for their children’s health and dental-related expenses, but many CHIP income-eligible families purchasing private coverage could be expected to pay nearly 9% of their annual household income in addition to their premiums. And unlike CHIP, in most state Marketplaces, there is no guarantee that children will receive dental coverage when they purchase a health plan. Act now Congress must act in 2017 to ensure that this critical children’s health coverage continues, and it is up to families, providers and advocates to stand up and deliver that message. Allowing CHIP funding to expire would be a step backward for families - especially at a time when our country has made important strides in expanding coverage. Contact your representatives (see below) and make sure they know that letting CHIP end is not an option. See if you qualify Each state program has its own rules about who qualifies for CHIP. There are two ways to see if your children qualify: •§ Visit www.insurekidsnow.gov and select Kansas. Or call 1-877-543-7669. •§ Fill out a Marketplace application. HealthCare.Gov will tell you which programs you and your family qualify for. If it looks like anyone is eligible for CHIP, they will let your state CHIP agency know so your coverage can start right away. To find out more information on CHIP or how to contact your representatives, contact Rachel Alexander at ralexander@ ohks.org or 785-235-6039. SENATOR PAT ROBERTS 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC, 20510 202-224-4774 Email form SENATOR JERRY MORAN Russell Senate Office Building Room 361A Washington DC, 20510 202-224-6521 Email form CONGRESSMAN ROGER MARSHALL, MD* Contact Information Pending http://www.whoismyrepresentative. com/ CONGRESSWOMAN LYNN JENKINS (2ND DISTRICT) 1027 Longworth HOB Washington DC, 20515 Phone 202-225-6601 Email form CONGRESSMAN KEVIN YODER (3RD DISTRICT) 215 Cannon HOB Washington DC, 20515 Phone 202-225-2865 Email form CONGRESSMAN MIKE POMPEO** (4TH DISTRICT) 107 Cannon HOB Washington DC, 20515 Phone 202-225-6216 Email form *Dr. Marshall was elected in November 2016. He will be sworn into office in January 2017. At this writing, his Congressional contact information has not yet been set. **On November 18, 2016, Congressman Pompeo was nominated by President-elect Trump to serve as the new CIA Director. A replacement for the Congressman may be selected by early 2017, at which time new contact information would be available. www.ks.childcareaware.org Kansas Child 19
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