Fifty Years of Medicaid

Medicaid generally covers the health care needs of children while they are in foster care, but until a new Medicaid provision became effective in January 2014, coverage usually ended when a young person “aged out." Now, states cover, individuals under age 26 who were enrolled in...

Tooth decay is the most common preventable chronic disease among children in the United States. If left untreated, it can negatively affect a child’s physical and social development, as well as his or her school performance. All children enrolled in Medicaid and Children’s Health...

The roots of Medicaid’s comprehensive benefit package for children stem from the findings of a government study, One Third of a Nation: A Report on Young Men Unqualified for Military Service . The study investigated the reasons leading to a 50 percent rejection rate among young men drafted...

A large body of research finds that when eligible parents get enrolled in Medicaid, their children are also more likely to get enrolled and to receive necessary preventive care.

Medicaid is a major source of health coverage for the nation’s children, providing coverage for more than 1 in 3 children. Between 1997 and 2012, Medicaid - together with its sister program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) - was the driving force behind a dramatic reduction...