U.S. is spending big on child mental health, addiction treatment, study says

Access to mental health and addiction treatment has improved for kids and teens nationally, but care is costly ...
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Study reveals significant financial strain on families seeking mental healthcare

Behavioral health care has surged to represent 40 % of all medical expenditures for U.S. children in 2022, nearly doubling ...

Kids First Health Care helps all children at its clinics, regardless of insurance status

We’re a place where people know they can receive care,” said Dr. Amanda Jichlinski, the organization’s sole physician. “There ...
University of California, San Francisco

Kids’ Behavioral Health Is a Growing Share of Family Health Costs

New research shows a jump in pediatric medical spending on behavioral health from 2011 to 2022, highlighting the urgent need ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Immigrant Children Face Health Care Barriers as Coverage Policies Tighten

Immigrants must wait 5 years after receiving their qualified noncitizen status to enroll in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Thirty-eight states and Washington, DC, have ...

Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported

The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76 percent ...
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Children’s mental health facility reopens in Northeast Oklahoma

Leaders say Moccasin Bend Ranch fills a growing need for residential psychiatric care for young children statewide with a ...