Released Oct. 17, 2005, this report demonstrates that proposed changes to Medicaid being considered by Congress significantly threaten the health and well-being of the 800,000 children and youth who spend time in the foster care system each year.
Three documents are available for download:
Fact sheet—summary of the report's key observations and recommendations to Congress
Profiles of young adults formely in foster care—the stories of four former foster youth who accessed Medicaid while they were in care
Full report—examination of Medicaid’s role in providing health care to children in foster care; detailed assessment of the Medicaid reform proposals now pending in Congress
Protecting Children in Foster Care was written by leading national health policy experts David Rubin, MD, MSCE; Neal Halfon, MD, MPH; Ramesh Raghavan, MD, PhD.; and Sara Rosenbaum, JD.