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Children With Disabilities: Medicaid Can Offer Important Benefits and Services

T-HEHS-00-152 Published: Jul 12, 2000. Publicly Released: Jul 12, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the feasibility of allowing some families with children with disabilities to purchase Medicaid coverage, focusing on: (1) what role Medicaid plays in providing health care coverage for children with disabilities; (2) the extent to which private insurance offers coverage of needed services for children with disabilities; and (3) the benefits and services available to children under the Medicaid program.

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Children with disabilitiesEligibility determinationsHealth care programsHealth care servicesHealth insuranceManaged health careMedicaidState-administered programsSupplemental security incomeChildren