The votes are tallied…To find out what the Nov. 4 election results mean for state Medicaid and SCHIP programs, see this month’s State Policy Services Update.

This issue brief compares President-elect Obama's proposal to N.A.C.H.'s principles for children's coverage in health care reform.

Findings of new polling released today by NACHRI and PricewaterhouseCoopers show reducing costs in health care reform is the first health priority Americans want President-elect Obama to address, while expansion of health care coverage is the first priority among health care industry leaders.

This Thursday, at 1 p.m. (ET) NACHRI, together with PricewaterhouseCoopers, is hosting a national dialogue on health care reform at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Find out more and watch it live.

Key issues and reports on child abuse, injury prevention, and childhood obesity are available through links in this Bulletin. Listen in on the National Conversation on Health Care. Learn through participation in webinars or conferences.

The president-elect’s mandate that all children have health insurance aligns with the first of nine principles for children’s coverage in health care reform released by N.A.C.H.

The fall issue of Children’s Hospitals Today looks at care both within and beyond the walls of children’s hospitals, showing ways care is brought to communities, as well as looking at how community benefit reporting, quality improvement collaboratives and hospital-acquired condition reimbursement will affect the future of pediatric health care.