Increase in Medicaid managed care for youth linked to slightly more preventive care

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Increase in Medicaid managed care for youth linked to slightly more preventive care

Nationally, the number of children under age 21 enrolled in Medicaid grew from 23.5 million in 2000 to 40.5 million in 2017, with the proportion of children in Medicaid managed care plans increasing from 65 percent to 94 percent, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago published in the journal Academic Pediatrics.

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