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The Role Of Medicaid For Children With Special Health Care Needs And Disabilities, 2020-2021 Cohort Of New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education In Neurodevelopmental And Related Disabilities Program Trainees
The Role Of Medicaid For Children With Special Health Care Needs And Disabilities, 2020-2021 Cohort Of New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education In Neurodevelopmental And Related Disabilities Program Trainees
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Medicaid plays a critical role in protecting the health and well-being of US children, covering half of infants and toddlers as well as two-thirds of children with special health care needs and disabilities. Since its inception in 1965, Medicaid has provided health coverage for low-income children. For some time, while many children with special health care needs and disabilities were covered under the income eligibility criteria, a large share were not. A major shift occurred in 1982 during the Reagan administration with the creation of the Katie Beckett program, which allowed Medicaid eligibility for medical services in the home (rather …