Well-child care: how much is enough?
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Not for commercial use or unauthorized distribution Downloaded from content.healthaffairs.org by Health Affairs on December 24, 2010 at DEEPDYVE Health Affairs is published monthly by Project HOPE at 7500 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-6133. Copyright © 1989 by Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation. As provided by United States copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), no part of Health Affairs may be reproduced, displayed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or by information storage or retrieval systems, without prior written permission from the Publisher. All rights reserved. Not for commercial use or unauthorized distribution Downloaded from content.healthaffairs.org by Health Affairs on December 24, 2010 at DEEPDYVE Comm entary Well-Child Care: How Much Is Enough? by Judith L. Wagner, Roger C. Herdman, and David W. Alberts In the past four years, the health of young children has emerged as a political issue with no enemies: many prominent federal and state politicians from both ends of the political spectrum have declared themselves proponents of improved health for young children, newborns, and the yet-to-be-born. One manifestation of the consensus has been the dramatic expansion of eligibility for Medicaid that