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Medicaid at 50
ReportThe Medicaid program, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30, 1965, will reach its 50th anniversary this year, a historic milestone. This report reflects on Medicaid’s accomplishments and challenges and considers the issues on the horizon that will influence the course of this major health coverage and financing program moving forward.
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Update on the Florida SCHIP Enrollment Freeze
Fact SheetThis issue update describes the latest developments regarding Florida's enrollment freeze in their SCHIP program. Fact Sheet (.pdf)
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New KFF-Washington Post Poll Explores Parents’ Vaccine Attitudes, and Confusion Follows ACIP Meeting on Vaccine Recommendations – The Monitor
FeatureThis volume explores findings from the KFF-Washington Post Survey of Parents on views of childhood vaccines; how ACIP may have contributed to concerns about hepatitis B and COVID-19 vaccines; recent HHS warnings about alleged links between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism; and AI-generated deepfakes impersonating doctors to sell products.
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Health Coverage and Care for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of the health and mental health needs of girls and boys in the juvenile justice system and the role of Medicaid and CHIP in addressing those needs. It focuses on the circumstances of youth who are placed in juvenile justice residential facilities, the discontinuity of Medicaid coverage for those youth, and the options for improving coverage, continuity of care and access to needed services post-discharge, including new opportunities provided by…
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Issues Facing Medicaid and CHIP
Event Date:EventCindy Mann, senior fellow of the Commission, testified to the Senate Subcommittee on Public Health of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on how to sustain and expand health care coverage for low-income children and families, and disabled and elderly people in these challenging times. TESTIMONY Download
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Obesity Rates Among Children: A Closer Look at Implications for Children Covered by Medicaid
Issue BriefThis brief examines the share of children with obesity, how obesity screening and treatment is covered under Medicaid for children, and what recent changes may mean for Medicaid programs and enrollees in the future.
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Implications of Continuous Eligibility Policies for Children’s Medicaid Enrollment Churn
Issue BriefThis analysis uses Medicaid claims data to follow a cohort of children newly enrolled in Medicaid in July 2017 in states with and without 12-month continuous eligibility to examine how children’s enrollment in Medicaid changes over time and understand the effect of continuous eligibility policies.
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The Last Major Phase of the COVID-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Children Under 5
Issue BriefWith the FDA authorization of both Moderna and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 6 months and 5, the last major phase of the U.S. vaccination roll-out is underway. This brief provides an overview of the characteristics of children under the age of 5 and discusses some issues to consider in rolling out vaccination to this age group.