Medicaid Postpartum Care: Current Eligibility and Expansion Efforts

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Medicaid Postpartum Care: Current Eligibility and Expansion Efforts For decades, the Medicaid program has required coverage for pregnant women up to 138% of the federal poverty level through 60 days postpartum. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, 36 states and Washington, DC offer low-income women an extension of their pregnancy-related coverage by expanding Medicaid eligibility. In the 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, many poor women lose health coverage when the 60 day postpartum period ends. A new KFF brief, Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage, describes current Medicaid eligibility for pregnancy and postpartum care, the variation in coverage across states beyond minimum Medicaid requirements, and state and federal initiatives to broaden and extend existing coverage.   Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.
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