News Report | January 20, 2023
Child Medicaid/CHIP Beneficiaries In Families With Higher Income Had Lower Claims-Based Illness & Death
Among children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years with family income under 200% of the federal poverty threshold who accessed health care through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), higher family income was significantly associated with a lower prevalence of diagnosed infections, mental health disorders, injury, asthma, anemia, and addiction, and lower 10-year mortality. Except for injury and anemia, the associations were more pronounced among those aged 10 to 17 years than those five to nine years.
For those aged 10 to 17 years, an additional 100% income relative to the federal poverty threshold was . . .