Racial / Ethnic Disparities in Access to Care among Children
How does Medicaid do in closing gaps?
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation released results from a study they conducted entitled Racial / Ethnic Disparities in Access to Care among Children: How Does Medicaid Do in Closing Gaps? The study analyzed Medicaid’s impact on racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care. It compared children of different racial backgrounds who were privately insured, uninsured, or enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP.
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Authors: Marsha Lillie-Blanton is an associate research professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, and Paul D. Jacobs, Ph. D. is an analyst with the Health and Human Resources division at the Congressional Budget Office in Washington, D.C. This work was undertaken when both were employees of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Julia Paradise is the Principal Policy Analyst of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured for Grantmakers in Health. Megan Thomas, MPP is a Senior Research Associate and Bianca DiJulio is a Policy Analyst for the Health Care Marketplace Project, both at the Henry J. Kaiser Foundation.
The views expressed are those of the authors, and should not be interpreted as being those of the Congressional Budget Office.
