Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

Issue Brief

1. Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Policy Working Group. Advancing Holistic Maternal Care for Black Women Through Policy, December 2018.

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2. Martin, et al. National Center for Health Statistics. “Births in the United States, 2019,” October 2020.

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3. Daw, et al. High Rates of Perinatal Insurance Churn Persist After the ACA, Health Affairs, September 16, 2019.

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4. Eckert, E. “Preserving the Momentum to Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage,” Women’s Health Issues, September 2020.

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5. March of Dimes. Maternal Death and Pregnancy-Related Death, September 2019.

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6. Howell, E. Reducing Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, June 2018.

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7. Eliason, E. “Adoption of Medicaid Expansion is Associated with Lower Maternal Mortality,” Women’s Health Issues, February 2020.

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8. National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). States’ Efforts to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Postpartum Women.

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9. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage.

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10. Heberlein, M. MACPAC. “Extending Postpartum Coverage.” December 10, 2020.

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