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Medicare and Medicaid

New medicare and medicaid data have been reported by M.D. Kogan and co-authors

Published in Managed Care Weekly Digest, May 17th, 2010

"National attention has focused on providing health insurance coverage for children. Less awareness has been given to underinsurance, particularly for children with special health care needs (CSHCN)," researchers in the United States report.

"Defined as having inadequate benefits, underinsurance may be a particular problem for CSHCN because of their greater needs for medical care. We used the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs, a nationally representative study of >40 000 CSHCN, to address state variations in underinsurance. CSHCN with health insurance were considered underinsured when a parent reported that the child's insurance did...

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