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Women, Work, and Family Health: Key Findings from the 2017 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
Issue BriefThis brief presents data on employer benefits and women’s roles in caring for families’ health from the 2017 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of women and men ages 18 to 64, conducted in the summer and fall of 2017.
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Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Key Findings from the 2017 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
Issue BriefThis brief presents survey findings from the 2017 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of women conducted in the summer and fall of 2017, on coverage and use of sexual health services among women ages 18 to 44 years old. The data presented is from the newest 2017 survey, but some findings presented in this brief include trends from earlier surveys that the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted in 2004, 2008, and 2013.
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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. The inclusion of maternity care as an essential health benefit has been the focus of a recent policy debate over…
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Medicaid Coverage of Pregnancy and Perinatal Benefits: Results from a State Survey
ReportThis report details findings from a state survey on perinatal benefits in place as of July 1, 2015 for women enrolled in fee-for-service Medicaid through different eligibility pathways, including traditional pre-ACA Medicaid pathways, expansion, and pregnancy-related eligibility for the following services: basic prenatal care, counseling and support services, delivery and postpartum care, and breastfeeding supports.
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Women’s Health Issues Journal: Women, Private Health Insurance, and the Affordable Care Act
Issue BriefIn this issue of the Women's Health Issues journal, Alina Salganicoff and Laurie Sobel discuss how the private insurance reforms and expansions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have affected access to coverage for women and where gaps remain.
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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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Obamacare and You: If You Are a Woman…
Fact SheetThis short explainer highlights key changes for women coming under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
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There is Wide Variation in Medicaid Coverage of Prenatal Services
FeatureThere is Wide Variation in Medicaid Coverage of Prenatal Services Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, State Medicaid Coverage of Perinatal Services: Summary of State Survey Findings, 2009
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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. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity” February 2012