Financial impact of disability varies among states
December 11th, 2009From UPI:
A new study in the journal Pediatrics (free article) found that the financial impact of raising a child with a disability varies widely between states, depending on each state’s Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program. The study also found that low income families spend a disproportionally large share of their income on their child’s care.
“Policy makers should consider ways to strengthen Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to reduce the financial burdens these families shoulder,” said Paul Shattuck, a professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis and one of the study’s authors.
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