The Potential Impact of Medicaid Reform on the Health Care-Seeking Behavior of Medicaid-Covered Children: A Qualitative Analysis of Parental Perspectives

Parents of Medicaid-covered children report that current Medicaid reform will result in increased financial and nonfinancial hardship, deferral of children's preventive and sick care, increased reliance on charity care, increased ED visits, and decreased health and well-being for children and families.