Health Policy Update

Twice each month, theWeekly highlights recent research on health care finance, access to care and other topics. This edition of the Health Policy Update includes research on:

• Dental care for children in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program;
• A projected shortage of general physicians over the next two decades;
• Likelihood of uninsurance among workers with individuals, small-group and large-group health insurance policies; and
• Medicaid expenditures on emergency department care.