The 2021 Annual 50-State Survey on Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility and Enrollment conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and CCF is now available. As in previous years, the report confirms eligibility levels for children, pregnant women, parents and expansion adults.
Small Piece of the Stimulus Has Ambitious Aim of Saving Mothers’ Lives
It’s easy to overlook amid the hundreds of pages of the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan President Biden signed into law Thursday, but a short section aims to combat America’s maternal mortality crisis by expanding health coverage for new mothers.
House-Passed American Rescue Plan Act Would Spur Medicaid Expansion and Promote Maternal Health
On February 27, the House passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319), its COVID-19 relief reconciliation bill. The bill includes a number of provisions strengthening Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), including provisions that would encourage states to finally take up the Medicaid expansion and allow states to provide longer […]
Child Medicaid Enrollment Grew by 10% during the Pandemic in 2020
A new brief from KFF based on federal CMS data reports that Medicaid enrollment increased by 8.6% between February 2020 (i.e., before the pandemic roared into everyone’s awareness) and September 2020.
Medicaid and CHIP Coverage for Pregnant Women: Federal Requirements, State Options
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are key supports for pregnant women and new mothers, as well as their children in the critical early years of life. Medicaid pays for nearly half of all births in the United States, including a greater share of births in rural areas, among young women, and women […]