Closing gaps in maternal health coverage: assessing the potential of a postpartum Medicaid/CHIP extension
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Commonwealth Fund)
- Author(s):
- Haley, Jennifer, author Johnston, Emily M., author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, New York] : The Commonwealth Fund, January 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data Maternal Health Services -- economics Medicaid Postnatal Care -- economics United States State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- (1) Our current system of publicly supported coverage options for pregnant and postpartum women is a complex patchwork that varies tremendously by income, immigration status, and state, leaving many new mothers uninsured. (2) Approximately 123,000 of the nation's estimated 440,000 women uninsured during the first year postpartum would likely be newly eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) if pregnancy-related coverage were extended for 12 months. (3) Together with existing Medicaid and marketplace coverage, such an extension would mean that 70 percent of uninsured women would likely be eligible for some type of publicly subsidized coverage during the postpartum period. (4) Extending pregnancy-related Medicaid/CHIP coverage for 12 months postpartum could increase the number of Americans with insurance during the postpartum period while expanding access to needed health care.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages)) : illustrations.
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101776959 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101776959