The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #74654

Dana C. Hughes, DrPH, Institute for Health Policy Studies; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St., Suite 265, San Francisco, CA 94143, 415-476-0780, dhughes@itsa.ucsf.edu

Learning Objectives:

• To inform the MCH and the broader public health community about the critical importance of Medicaid as a source of health care funding for individuals and families within the MCH population;
• · To inform the MCH and the broader public health community about the critical importance of Medicaid as a source of funding for systems that serve the MCH population;
• · To clarify the nature of current or proposed cuts at state and federal levels, including the fundamental shift from Medicaid as a counter cyclical safety net program to Medicaid as a source of funding to assist states in providing some coverage to some individuals;
• · To trace the impact of cuts on particular segments of the MCH population within the context of broader program cuts and of declining economic circumstances of families;
• · To identify advocacy efforts in progress and to explore advocacy strategies available to participants at federal and state levels.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.