Becker's Healthcare April 3, 2025
I’ve spent my professional career working in children’s hospitals. I’ve witnessed doctors, nurses, child-life specialists and other highly trained staff provide lifesaving and compassionate care for children day after day. I’ve seen firsthand how pediatric providers change children’s and families’ worlds for the better, and how Medicaid often makes those stories possible.
Medicaid provides coverage for 37 million children in the U.S. — nearly half of all American kids — to get the care they need. In most states, children make up close to half of Medicaid enrollees.
In 2022, when I was president and CEO, 71% of patients who visited UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland were covered by Medicaid. At Riley Children’s Hospital, where I served...
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