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Reducing Under-Insurance for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

This Catalyst Center policy brief provides information about Medicaid Buy-In Programs including what they are, how they work, how they help both families raising Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)/disabilities and the states. Learn about existing Medicaid Buy-in programs in three states. 

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Methodology for Estimating the Impact of State Implementation of the Family Opportunity Act

The Family Opportunity Act (FOA) is a state option for creating a Medicaid Buy-in program for families raising children with disabilities whose income is too high for Medicaid but less than 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL). This policy brief provides a methodology for estimating the impact of FOA…

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Why Health Insurance Is Important to Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

This Catalyst Center policy brief explains the problem of under-insurance for CYSHCN and its impact on families. 

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TEFRA and FOA Medicaid Buy-in Programs: An Educational Worksheet from the Catalyst Center

The Catalyst Center has created a TEFRA and FOA Medicaid Buy-in Educational Worksheet that you can use to learn about the similarities and differences between these two programs. Using the attached instructions, you can fill out the worksheet with data on the insurance status of families in your state. We…

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Fact sheet: Section 2703, The Medicaid Health Home Provision of the Affordable Care Act: An Overview

This fact sheet provides an overview of Section 2703, the Medicaid Health Home Provision of the Affordable Care Act.  

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Fact sheet: Low-Income Children with Special Health Care Needs and the Affordable Care Act

Uninsured low-income CSHCN are less likely to have a usual source of care and are more likely to have unmet needs for routine medical and dental care than their insured counterparts. Unmet health care needs can be detrimental to any child; however, for CSHCN, who require more health-care services than…

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Fact sheet: Immigrant Children with Special Health Care Needs and the Affordable Care Act

Almost 25% of all children in the U.S. are immigrants. Immigrant children and citizen children in mixed-status families are more likely than non-immigrant children and children in families where all members are citizens to lack health insurance.

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Fact sheet: Health Inequities and Children with Special Health Care Needs

While uninsurance among children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the U.S. generally is low, several subgroups are less likely to be insured and may be at the greatest risk for adverse health effects associated with uninsurance.This fact sheet explores the issue of health inequities and CSHCN.

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Fact Sheet: Medicaid and Children with Special Health Care Needs/Disabilities: An Overview.

This fact sheet provides an overview of Medicaid eligibility and benefits for children with special health care needs and disabilities.

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Fact Sheet: The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Children with Special Health Care Needs—An Overview.

This fact sheet provides information about the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility and benefits for CSHCN.