The MCH Policy Research Center is examining the types of cost containment strategies that state Medicaid agencies are pursuing that affect children. This study examines reductions or cuts that states may adopts in areas such as eligibility, outreach, prescription drug benefits, capitation rates, managed care plan requirements, and home and community based waivers. Previous studies in this series examined cuts to children’s mental health services, Title V benefits, and the SCHIP program.

A 50-State Analysis of Medicaid Benefit Coverage for Children without EPSDT.

by Harriette B. Fox and Margaret A. McManus, 23 pages, September 2005

States' Use of Medicaid Options for Expanding Children's Eligibility

by Harriette B. Fox and Stephanie J. Limb, Fact Sheet No. 6, 11 pages, May 2005.

Children Not the Target of Major Medicaid Cuts but Still Affected by States' Fiscal Decisions

by Harriette B. Fox, Stephanie J. Limb, Ruti G. Levtov, and Margaret A. McManus, Fact Sheet No. 5, 8 pages, June 2004.

SCHIP Programs More Likely to Increase Children's Cost Sharing than Reduce Their Eligibility or Benefits to Control Costs

by Harriette B. Fox and Stephanie J. Limb, Fact Sheet No. 4, 6 pages, April 2004.

Many States Reporting Cost-Cutting Measures for Children´s Mental Health Services
by Harriette B. Fox, Margaret A. McManus, Harry Schmidt, and Mary Reichman, Fact Sheet No. 3, 4 pages, June 2002, $10.00.

Program Cuts Affecting Half of All State Title V Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs (March 2002)
by Margaret A. McManus, Harriette B. Fox and Stephanie Etienne, Fact Sheet No. 2, 4 pages, March 2002, $10.00.

Few States Report S-CHIP Program Cuts Before the End of FY 2002
by Harriette B. Fox, Mary B, Reichman, and Margaret A. McManus, Fact Sheet No. 1, 4 pages, January 2002.