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By: Shefali Luthra

Worries about whether her children can still get the health care they need are never far from Dawn Poole’s mind. It’s a constant, underlying concern.

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Systems with such frequent checks aren’t common, says Tricia Brooks, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. Neither she nor any other researchers interviewed for this story had heard of other states using a comparable level of scrutiny for children.

“To think they’re going to find enough savings in their programs or could raise taxes to offset the loss of federal funding is highly suspect,” Brooks says. “Instead, then, states have to make tough choices. And those choices are not going to be good for kids and families.”

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