AJMC May 26, 2022
Thanks to flexibilities provided by the American Rescue Plan, 4 states announced Wednesday they will expand Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum, joining others who have already adopted similar measures.
CMS representatives announced Wednesday the expansion of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for postpartum care to 12 months in California, Kentucky, Oregon and Florida.
The move will provide coverage for an additional 126,000 families across the 4 states and serves to improve racial and economic disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality seen across the country.
In America, women die in childbirth at a higher rate than in any other developed country, while non-Hispanic Black women are more than 3 times more likely to have a maternal death...