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Children With Disabilities: Medicaid Can Offer Important Benefits and Services

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 12, 2000
Report No. T-HEHS-00-152
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Summary:

Concerns have been raised that some children lose Medicaid coverage when family incomes rise or are otherwise ineligible for Medicaid coverage, yet have limited access to other sources of health insurance. Health insurance is particularly important to children with special health care needs. Without access to proper preventive health care and treatment services, these children are at higher risk for complicating illnesses and hospitalization. The proposed Family Opportunity Act of 2000 (S. 2274) would allow parents with a severely disabled child to buy health care coverage for the child through the Medicaid program. This testimony discusses (1) the role that Medicaid plays in providing health care coverage for children with disabilities, (2) the extent to which private insurance covers needed services for children with disabilities, and (3) the benefits and services available to children under the Medicaid program.

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