Medicaid Member Populations
Children and Young People
Medicaid plays a crucial role in providing health care to children, covering about 40 percent of all children nationwide. The program serves disproportionately large shares of low-income children and children with special health care needs. Medicaid’s comprehensive benefits are designed to address children’s complex needs throughout all developmental stages, ensuring they receive appropriate preventive care, treatment for illnesses, and management of chronic conditions.
Resources
The Critical Role of Medicaid in Addressing Maternal Health Disparities
Episode 2 of Season 5 of the Medicaid Leadership Exchange offers insight on Medicaid and maternal health.
How Medicaid Can Better Support Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs
Episode 5 of Season 5 of the Medicaid Leadership Exchange features insight on children with special health care...
Navigating Medicaid: Insights from a Parent Advocate
Episode 4 of Season 5 of the Medicaid Leadership Exchange features insight from a parent advocate.
A look at impacts, opportunities and barriers in school-based Medicaid
School-based Medicaid can support improved health for students but can also present challenges to implementation for Medicaid programs.
How Medicaid Programs are Building on Postpartum Extension
This blog explores how state Medicaid leaders are building on the postpartum extension to layer on complementary features...
How Medicaid is Making a Difference for Kids with Complex Behavioral Health Needs
With an uptick in children and youth requiring specialized inpatient psychiatric care, this blog highlights state Medicaid strategies...
Children and Youth Experiencing Crisis Journey Map
Medicaid leaders can customize this journey map to communicate the major structural elements in the care journey for...