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Tough Choices: A Policy Maker’s Guide to Cost Containment Actions Affecting Children in Medicaid and SCHIP

This paper examines cost containment strategies in Medicaid and SCHIP and their potential impact on children enrolled in these programs. It is designed to help states think through cost control measures, the potential savings to be realized from such actions, and their impact on children and families. It identifies a menu of cost containment options that states have considered, along with the pros and cons of those options.
Cindy Shirk
February 2004
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