Infographic: Medicaid’s Role for Children with Special Health Care Needs
This infographic highlights Medicaid's role in covering children with special health care needs and facilitating their access to health care.
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Children’s Health Coverage: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP and Issues for the Future
Issue BriefThis brief summarizes the role Medicaid and CHIP plays in providing coverage to children, discusses the importance of Medicaid and CHIP for children’s health and well-being, provides an overview of the eligibility for coverage of the remaining uninsured children, and raises issues impacting the future of children’s coverage.
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Nearly 20 Million Children Live in Immigrant Families that Could Be Affected by Evolving Immigration Policies
Issue BriefPresident Trump has intensified national debate about immigration by implementing policies to enhance immigration enforcement and restrict legal immigration. Recent findings show that the climate surrounding these policies has significantly increased fear and uncertainty among immigrant families, broadly affecting families across different immigration statuses and locations. The effects extend to lawfully present immigrants, including lawful permanent residents or “green card” holders, and children in immigrant families, who are predominantly U.S.-born citizens. In particular, findings point to both short- and long-term negative consequences on the health and well-being of children in immigrant families.
Potential changes to public charge policies intended to reduce use of public programs by immigrant families, including their citizen children, could further increase strains on immigrant families and lead to losses in health coverage. To provide insight into the scope of potential impacts of continually evolving immigration policy on children, this data note provides nationwide and state-level estimates (Table 1) of citizen children living in immigrant families and the number currently covered by Medicaid/CHIP coverage. -
Extending Federal Funding for CHIP: What is at Stake?
Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides an overview of the status of action to extend federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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Ten Things to Know About Medicaid’s Role for Children with Behavioral Health Needs
Fact SheetMedicaid currently provides federal matching funds with no pre-set limit to help states cover children with behavioral health needs. Restructuring Medicaid financing as proposed in the American Health Care Act could limit states’ ability to care for these children. The following series of graphics highlights Medicaid’s role for children with behavioral health needs.
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Difficult Tradeoffs: Key Findings on Workplace Benefits and Family Health Care Responsibilities from the 2020 KFF Women’s Health Survey
Issue BriefThis brief provides new data from the 2020 KFF Women's Health Survey on how workplace benefits and caring for children’s health care needs differ by gender and among different subpopulations of women.
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Poll: Nearly Half of Adults Expect to Get the New COVID-19 Vaccine, But Most Parents Don’t Expect to Get It for Their Children; More Eligible Adults Expect to Get a Flu Shot and the New RSV Vaccine
News ReleaseNearly half of adults say that they will “definitely” or “probably” get the newly recommended COVID-19 vaccine, though most parents are not planning to get the shot for their children, according to the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor poll.
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House Bill Would Penalize More States for Covering Immigrants, Including Lawfully Residing Children and Pregnant People
Quick TakeA revision made to the bill before it was considered by the Rules committee expanded the penalty from 14 states and DC that cover undocumented immigrants with state funds to 33 states and DC that use a federal option available in Medicaid and/or CHIP to expand coverage for lawfully residing children and/or pregnant people.
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Potential Impacts of Increased Immigration Enforcement on School Attendance and Funding
Issue BriefThis brief presents research on the impacts of immigration enforcement on children, including school attendance and performance; provides data on the share and number of school-aged children by state who live in immigrant families based on KFF analysis of the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS); and discusses potential implications of declines in school enrollment and/or attendance among these children on school funding.
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The Intersection of Medicaid, Special Education Service Delivery, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Issue BriefThe COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented health and education challenges for children with disabilities, many of whom receive special education services. Many children receiving special education services have substantial health care needs, and services available through a child’s health insurance plan, such as Medicaid, can complement special education services. This brief explains how Medicaid and special education services intersect, explores the pandemic’s implications for children receiving special education services, and identifies key issues to watch moving forward.