Broad Medicaid expansion impacts on mental health–related outcomes for children
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f Hudson, Julie L., and Asako S. Moriya. 2017. “Medicaid Expansion for Adults had Measurable ‘Welcome Mat’ Effects on Their Children.” Health Affairs 36(9). https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0347.
g McGinty, Emma E., Reshmi Nair, Luciana C. Assini-Meytin, Elizabeth A. Stuart, and Elizabeth J. Letourneau. 2022. “Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Reported Incidents of Child Neglect and Physical Abuse.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 62(1): e11–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.06.010.
h Williams, Elizabeth. 2025. “5 Key Facts About Children with Special Health Care Needs and Medicaid,” KFF. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/5-key-facts-about-children-with-special-health-care-needs-and-medicaid/.
i Fang, Xiangming, Derek S. Brown, Curtis S. Florence, and James A. Mercy. 2012. "The economic burden of child maltreatment in the United States and implications for prevention." Child Abuse & Neglect 36(2): 156-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.10.006.
j Meinhofer, Angélica, Lindsey Rose Bullinger, Caroline Hope Kelly, and Maria Fitzpatrick. 2025. “Early School Medicaid Expansions and Health Services for Children with Parental Opioid Use Disorder,” JAMA Health Forum 6(6). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1288.
k Brown, Emily C. B., Michelle M Garrison, Hao Bao, Pingping Qu, Carole Jenny, and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar. 2019. “Assessment of Rates of Child Maltreatment in States With Medicaid Expansion vs States Without Medicaid Expansion.” JAMA Network Open 2(6): e195529. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.5529.
l Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “Medicaid Per Capita Expenditures.” Medicaid and CHIP 2024 Scorecard. Accessed December 2025, https://www.medicaid.gov/state-overviews/scorecard/measure/Medicaid-Per-Capita-Expenditures?measure=EX.5&measureView=state&stratification=463&dataView=pointInTime&chart=map&timePeriods=%5B%222022%22%5D.
f Hudson, Julie L., and Asako S. Moriya. 2017. “Medicaid Expansion for Adults had Measurable ‘Welcome Mat’ Effects on Their Children.” Health Affairs 36(9). https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0347.
g McGinty, Emma E., Reshmi Nair, Luciana C. Assini-Meytin, Elizabeth A. Stuart, and Elizabeth J. Letourneau. 2022. “Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Reported Incidents of Child Neglect and Physical Abuse.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 62(1): e11–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.06.010.
h Williams, Elizabeth. 2025. “5 Key Facts About Children with Special Health Care Needs and Medicaid,” KFF. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/5-key-facts-about-children-with-special-health-care-needs-and-medicaid/.
i Fang, Xiangming, Derek S. Brown, Curtis S. Florence, and James A. Mercy. 2012. "The economic burden of child maltreatment in the United States and implications for prevention." Child Abuse & Neglect 36(2): 156-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.10.006.
j Meinhofer, Angélica, Lindsey Rose Bullinger, Caroline Hope Kelly, and Maria Fitzpatrick. 2025. “Early School Medicaid Expansions and Health Services for Children with Parental Opioid Use Disorder,” JAMA Health Forum 6(6). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1288.
k Brown, Emily C. B., Michelle M Garrison, Hao Bao, Pingping Qu, Carole Jenny, and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar. 2019. “Assessment of Rates of Child Maltreatment in States With Medicaid Expansion vs States Without Medicaid Expansion.” JAMA Network Open 2(6): e195529. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.5529.
l Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “Medicaid Per Capita Expenditures.” Medicaid and CHIP 2024 Scorecard. Accessed December 2025, https://www.medicaid.gov/state-overviews/scorecard/measure/Medicaid-Per-Capita-Expenditures?measure=EX.5&measureView=state&stratification=463&dataView=pointInTime&chart=map&timePeriods=%5B%222022%22%5D.
Note: Blank cells in this table indicate that estimates are not available.