Obamacare and You: If You Are a Woman…
This short explainer highlights key changes for women coming under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
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How Does the ACA Expansion Affect Medicaid Coverage Before and During Pregnancy?
Issue BriefThis brief looks at length of Medicaid coverage before delivery among enrollees with a live birth in Medicaid Expansion and non-Expansion states using the 2019 T-MSIS data.
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Medicaid Family Planning and Maternity Care Services: The Current Landscape
News ReleaseAs the Trump Administration and Congress weigh major changes to Medicaid and programs that fund reproductive health care, new analyses from the Kaiser Family Foundation highlight the current state of coverage and challenges for family planning, pregnancy, and perinatal services in the Medicaid program that provides coverage for millions of low-income women across the nation.
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Who Decides When a Patient Qualifies for an Abortion Ban Exception? Doctors vs. the Courts
Policy WatchWhile all eyes were on Texas and the recent case of Kate Cox, a woman seeking a court order allowing her abortion under an exception to the Texas abortion ban, the conflict could have played out in many states. The risk to doctors is so high that many doctors are hesitant to provide life-saving abortion care unless the threat to life is imminent.
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5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Pregnancy
Issue BriefThis brief examines Medicaid’s pregnancy and postpartum coverage and its support for strengthening and improving maternal health outcomes.
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Novel Coronavirus “COVID-19”: Special Considerations for Pregnant Women
Issue BriefWith over 6 million pregnancies per year in the U.S., pregnant and breastfeeding women constitute a significant portion of the population that could be impacted by COVID-19. This brief summarizes what is known thus far about pregnancy and COVID-19.
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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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One Year Since Dobbs: The Landscape of Abortion Policies Across the US
News ReleaseThere has been intense focus on abortion policies across the United States since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022. That decision overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating federal constitutional protections for abortion and putting the decision to restrict or protect abortion with the states.
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Pregnancy, Birth, and Abortion Rates Among Teens Have Been Steadily Declining in the U.S.
FeaturePregnancy, Birth, and Abortion Rates Among Teens Have Been Steadily Declining in the U.S. Download Source Guttmacher Institute “U.S.
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Public Perspectives on Women’s Health Policy Priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration and Congress
Issue BriefThe KFF Women’s Health Survey asked respondents how much of a priority seven key women’s health policies should be for the new President and Congress. This issue brief examines attitudes toward those policy priorities and differences by gender, political party affiliation, and demographic factors.