5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Pregnancy
This brief examines Medicaid’s pregnancy and postpartum coverage and its support for strengthening and improving maternal health outcomes.
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Key Characteristics of Infants and Implications of the Recent Formula Shortage
Issue BriefIn recent weeks, the United States has been grappling with a baby formula shortage following supply chain issues, a voluntary recall, and the closing of a plant that produces a large share of the country’s formula. Since it is recommended that infants receive breast milk or formula until they are age one, this shortage has had a significant impact across the country. Infants in low-income families and infants of color, who are often covered by Medicaid, may be particularly impacted by the shortage resulting in potential short and long-term health risks.
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Medicaid Initiatives to Improve Maternal and Infant Health and Address Racial Disparities
Issue BriefThis brief provides a summary of Medicaid’s role for pregnant women and infants and current Medicaid initiatives to improve maternal and infant health.
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Medicaid/CHIP Coverage of Lawfully-Residing Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women
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KFF Tracker: U.S. Global Health Programs by Country and Region
Fact SheetThis resource provides an overview of where the U.S. operates bilateral global health programs by country and region.
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IVF as an Election and Policy Issue
Quick TakeWhile public support for IVF is high, Congress has been unable to agree even on the right to get IVF services. Agreement on coverage and funding seem even more out of reach
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Poll: Early Perceptions of House Bill Show Public Thinks It Would Cover Fewer People and Raise Health Costs
News ReleaseRepublicans More Likely to Expect Positive Changes Than Democrats or Independents Large Majority Favors Continued Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood Fielded March 6-12 as Americans were first learning about the American Health Care Act and before the Congressional Budget Office estimated its effects, the latest Kaiser Tracking Poll shows that large shares of the public…
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Eligibility for Pregnant Women in Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013
FeatureEligibility for Pregnant Women in Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013 Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013 …
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The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Issues and Perspectives
Event Date:EventThis April 2010 webcast features a discussion of issues and challenges for the Obama Administration's Global Health Initiative and features three senior-level officials involved in the initiative, as well as outside perspectives of the challenges it faces.
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The G8 Muskoka and G20 Toronto Summits Health and Development Outcomes
Event Date:EventThis Kaiser/CSIS forum examines the global health and development outcomes of the June Group of Eight and the Group of 20 Summits held in Canada.