Tuesday, September 08, 2020

Medicaid expansion improved insurance stability for low-income pregnant women

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/cums-mei090120.php

News Release 8-Sep-2020
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health

Medicaid expansion improved the stability of insurance coverage for low-income women in the months leading up to and right after their baby's birth, according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings showed that with the expansion of Medicaid, there was a 10- percentage-point decrease in women going uninsured or changing insurance plans in the time around their pregnancy.

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