Brief: Medicaid to 26 for Youth in Foster Care
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a provision that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until age 26. Recognizing that young people who leave foster care with no legally binding tie to a family should also have access to affordable health care, the legislation allows them to retain Medicaid coverage...
Brief: Medicaid and Children in Foster Care
The health care needs of children in foster care are vast and often compounded by their circumstances. These children face myriad challenges – from placement instability, to emotional, behavioral, and educational difficulties, to juvenile justice involvement – that threaten their health and well-being. Because they are often at the intersection of multiple public systems including behavioral...
Webinar: Child Welfare and the Affordable Care Act
View the presentation from our February 19, 2013 webinar, Child Welfare and the Affordable Care Act, below. You can follow along with the audio recording with the audio player beneath the presentation. The draft comments discussed in the presentation that are in response to CMS’ request for feedback on the proposed rule concerning Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance...
