How Medicaid supports various groups.
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How Medicaid Helps People with Substance Use Disorders
In recent years, many Americans have grown to view a substance use disorder as a chronic disease, even as the stigma toward people who use drugs and alcohol persists. Following decades of punitive and criminal responses, health care and social services systems are adopting more effective ways to ensure access to substance use prevention, intervention…
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How Medicaid Supports Parents in Crisis, Children in or Youth Aging out of Foster Care, Relative Caregivers, and Adoptive Families
Medicaid Matters for Children and Families in the Child Welfare System The child welfare system encompasses children who are in or at-risk of entering foster care, living with relative caregivers, or adopted out of care. Medicaid is a critical source of access to physical, mental, and dental health care for this population and their parents…
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Medicaid: 50-State Snapshots
Click on a state below to view its fact sheet. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode…
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How Medicaid Supports Student Success
Medicaid provides health coverage to almost half of America’s children, giving them access to the care they need to show up for school ready to learn. Children covered by Medicaid are more likely to receive the preventive health care that keeps them in school, annual checkups that allow them to participate in sports, and treatment…