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91 lines
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abstract: 'Purpose: To examine the effect of recent federal and state policy
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changes on adolescents'' eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid and the
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State Children''s Health Insurance Program (SCRIP).
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Methods: By analyzing relevant provisions in federal and state laws,
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approved state plans and amendments, annual reports and evaluations, and
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enrollment data provided by states, this article explores the extent to
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which states have taken full advantage of opportunities to expand
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Medicaid and SCRIP eligibility for adolescents.
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Results: Between March 1997 and September 2001, states made significant
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progress toward expanding Medicaid and SCRIP coverage for adolescents.
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During that time, the number of states that provided Medicaid coverage
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to all poor adolescents aged younger than 19 years doubled, most states
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eliminated the disparities that previously existed in Medicaid
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eligibility levels for younger children and adolescents, and virtually
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every state raised the income level at which adolescents are eligible
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for public coverage in either Medicaid or SCRIP. These changes resulted
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in an increase in the number of adolescents who are enrolled in Medicaid
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and SCRIP. Nevertheless, many states implemented other policies that
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create barriers to adolescents'' eligibility and enrollment.
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Conclusions: Despite recent expansions of public insurance eligibility,
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millions of adolescents remain uninsured. Much work remains to address
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eligibility gaps and to ensure that eligible adolescents are actually
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enrolled and use services. The current political and economic
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environment threatens to undermine the ability of adolescents to access
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services through these important programs. (C) Society for Adolescent
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Medicine, 2003.'
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affiliation: 'Morreale, MC (Corresponding Author), Ctr Adolescent Hlth \& Law, 310
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Kildaire Rd,Suite 100, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 USA.
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Ctr Adolescent Hlth \& Law, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 USA.'
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author: Morreale, MC and English, A
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author_list:
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- family: Morreale
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given: MC
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- family: English
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given: A
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00066-1
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files: []
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issn: 1054-139X
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journal: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
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keywords: 'access to health care; adolescent health services; delivery of health
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care; health insurance; health policy; Medicaid; State Children''s Health
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Insurance Program'
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language: English
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month: JUN
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number: 6, S
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number-of-cited-references: '38'
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pages: 25-39
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papis_id: 1972639292838be915276776abf2ff2a
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ref: Morreale2003eligibilityenrollmen
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times-cited: '26'
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title: 'Eligibility and enrollment of adolescents in Medicaid and SCRIP: Recent progress,
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current challenges'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000183457400004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
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volume: '32'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Psychology, Developmental; Public, Environmental \& Occupational
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Health;
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Pediatrics'
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year: '2003'
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