MA - Number of children (age 0-18) enrolled by age group in Pennsylvania
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Why This Indicator Matters
The Medicaid benefit package for children – Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) – is crucial and robust. States must provide comprehensive services and furnish all appropriate and medically necessary services needed to correct and improve health conditions. Medicaid benefits include but are not limited to: primary care, dental, vision and hearing coverage, as well as comprehensive screening, prevention, diagnosis and treatment services.
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Definitions: The total number of low-income children of all ages receiving health coverage through Medical Assistance (MA), the state’s version of Medicaid.
Data Source: Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Income Maintenance, Division of Statistical Analysis.
Footnotes: Updated November 2019.