What Does the Recent Literature Say About Medicaid Expansion?: Impacts on Sexual and Reproductive Health
This brief summarizes recent studies on the impacts of Medicaid expansion on a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
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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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Postpartum Individuals Are at Risk of Losing Medicaid During the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision, Especially in Certain States
Policy WatchThis policy watch discusses Medicaid unwinding and how enrollees who qualified for Medicaid through the pregnancy pathway are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage, particularly those living in states who have not implemented Medicaid expansion and have not extended postpartum Medicaid coverage.
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What Are the Exceptions to State Abortion Bans?
News ReleaseA new KFF analysis reviews exceptions to abortion bans and describes how the stated aim to provide life-saving and health-preserving abortion care may not be achieved in practice. Abortion is currently banned in 14 states and many other states have attempted to ban or severely restrict abortion access.
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A Review of Exceptions in State Abortion Bans: Implications for the Provision of Abortion Services
Issue BriefThis issue brief examines the varying exceptions (for life, health, rape/incest, and fatal fetal anomalies) in state abortion bans and restrictions and the complications that arise when pregnant people attempt to access abortion care under these exceptions.
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Recent Efforts to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage and What to Watch Looking Ahead
Policy WatchThis policy watch examines recent state and federal efforts to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond 60 days.
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Telemedicine and Pregnancy Care
Issue BriefThis brief outlines how telemedicine is currently used in obstetrical care, how these services are financed and regulated, and reviews federal efforts to expand the use of telemedicine, particularly to address maternal health disparities.
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Analysis of Federal Bills to Strengthen Maternal Health Care
Fact SheetThe bills in this table address a number of related maternity care issues, including extending Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year, funding for clinical training on health equity and implicit bias, developing broader networks of maternity care providers in rural areas, and research on the potential benefits of Medicaid coverage for doula care.
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Women’s Health Issues Journal: Medicaid at 50: Marking a Milestone for Women’s Health
PerspectiveIn this May post for the journal Women's Health Issues, Alina Salganicoff, Usha Ranji and Laurie Sobel explore Medicaid's role in providing health coverage for women over the past 50 years and outline key issues going forward. The post is now available here.
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President Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze May Reach the Title X Family Planning Program
Quick TakeWhile [the Title X family planning services] funding freeze could be the Trump administration’s first major salvo in its efforts to weaken and defund Planned Parenthood, more actions...to limit access to abortion and contraception are expected in the coming years.