Crossing the Medicaid-private insurance divide: the case of EPSDT
Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
3-2007
Journal
Health Affairs
Volume
Volume 26, Issue 2
Inclusive Pages
382-393
Keywords
Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Child Health Services--economics; Child Welfare--economics; Health Care Reform; Medicaid--legislation & jurisprudence; State Health Plans; Children's Health; EPDST
Abstract
Contained in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 is a provision that could greatly affect Medicaid’s signature child health coverage standard, embodied since 1967 in the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit. Whether the core child health and developmental principles that have been EPSDT’s touchstone for four decades will continue to guide Medicaid depends on whether and how these principles will be incorporated into states’ coverage reforms.
APA Citation
Rosenbaum, S., Wise, P.H. (2007). Crossing the Medicaid-private insurance divide: the case of EPSDT. Health Affairs, 26(2), 382-393.
Peer Reviewed
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