Fifty Years of Medicaid

The Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns initiative is working with hospitals to reduce premature births by reducing the number of early elective deliveries. This is a public-private partnership and awareness campaign to reduce the rate of non-medically indicated elective deliveries prior to 39...

Many preventable chronic diseases and other health problems are associated with obesity, making the increased prevalence of obesity in the U.S. a serious public health challenge. Medicaid and CHIP programs help address this challenge by providing access to screenings and interventions to reduce...

Medicaid plays a key role in the prevention of disease by facilitating access to vaccines. All Medicaid-eligible children under the age of 21 are entitled to receive all vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP). In response to a measles epidemic in...

Cigarette smoking is one of the greatest drivers of adverse health outcomes and costs for state Medicaid programs. By investing in comprehensive tobacco cessation programs, states have successfully reduced smoking rates and health care costs, and have improved health outcomes. Tobacco treatment is...

Preventing disease before it starts is critical to helping people live longer, healthier lives. Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) promote prevention by helping millions of beneficiaries gain access to preventive health care services. Preventive health care services...