Healthcare IT News October 27, 2022
Extending Medicaid and CHIP coverage in Georgia and Pennsylvania is expected to impact about 57,000 people.
More than half of all states across the country have expanded access to 12 months of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage after pregnancy, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Georgia and Pennsylvania are the 25th and 26th states to be approved for the extended coverage, made possible by provisions in the American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Biden in March 2021.
It’s estimated that up to an additional 57,000 people in those two states will now be eligible for Medicaid or CHIP for a full year after pregnancy. In total, an estimated 418,000 Americans across 26 states...
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