Medicaid to 26 for Youth in Foster Care: Key Steps for Advocates
Details key steps for advocates to ensure that youth receive Medicaid until 26 under the Affordable…
The purpose of this paper is to describe the use and cost of Medicaid behavioral and developmental health services for youth approaching adulthood (at age 18), and to examine differences between groups in these measures. The paper focuses particularly on gender differences and differences between SSI youth, foster care youth, and other youth. This information is important in understanding the health needs of the young people who will be newly entitled to Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
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