As the fabric of our children's health, education, and community safety net weakens, our friends in the child advocate, disability, business, and media worlds are also worried about this nation's children, including children with special health care needs. So, let us update you on what seems to be happening in the programs and services meant to take care of our children, followed by a few examples of state partnerships. State legislators, governors, Medicaid directors, and employers view managed care as a way to save health care costs, so they are moving to managed care plans.
Few people mention that the administrative costs of managed care are high.
Moreover, there is little information about how our children fare in managed care systems. Before MediGrant II becomes law, Congress and the President must OK it. However, cuts could be made in Title V when the next CR is approved in March. Anticipated Medicaid cuts will mean reductions in the health care that Title V delivers to our kids. SSI Children's SSI Program.