The rapidly escalating costs of prescription drugs affect children and adults alike and contribute to concerns that traditional employer-based insurance will be unaffordable in the future. However, little information is available on costs for children with chronic conditions and disabilities,...

Out of every five persons in a commercial health insurance plan who has a chronic condition, one is a child. This first brief in a new series profiles children with disabilities and chronic conditions in commercial plans, who account for more than 70 percent of every dollar spent on child...

This brief, the fourth in a series on critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs, notes that nearly three-quarters of parents who need professional care coordination services for their child say they do not get enough help—if they get any at all....

This brief, the sixth in a series on critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs, notes that 40 percent of children with special health care needs enrolled in commercial health insurance plans have an emotional or behavioral disorder. Of these children, 34...

This brief, the third in a series on critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs, notes that 40 percent of these children enrolled in commercial health plans need treatment for emotional or behavioral disorders. Although health plans have been working to ensure...

This brief, the fourth in a series on critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs, notes that nearly three-quarters of parents who need professional care coordination services for their child say they do not get enough help—if they get any at all....

Out of every five persons in a commercial health insurance plan who has a chronic condition, one is a child. This first brief in a new series profiles children with disabilities and chronic conditions in commercial plans, who account for more than 70 percent of every dollar spent on child...

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