The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion increased Medicaid eligibility for low-
income adults regardless of their pregnancy or parental status. Variation in states' adoption …

Women of working age (ages 19–64) faced specific challenges in obtaining health
insurance coverage and health care before the Affordable Care Act. Multiple factors …

Insurance churn, or moving between different insurance plans or between insurance and
uninsurance, is common during the perinatal period. We used survey data from the 2012–17 …

Medicaid has a long history of serving pregnant women, but many women are not eligible for
Medicaid before pregnancy or after sixty days postpartum. We used data for new mothers …

The period before pregnancy is critically important for the health of a woman and her infant,
yet not all women have access to health insurance during this time. We evaluated whether …

Importance Use of effective contraception decreases unintended pregnancy. It is not known
whether Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act increased use of contraception …

Objectives This study explores the effect of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care
Act on the maternal mortality ratio in the United States. Methods A difference-in-differences …

Introduction Preconception and interconception health care are critical means of identifying,
managing, and treating risk factors originating before pregnancy that can harm fetal …

Abstract The American Rescue Plan provides a pathway for states to expand postpartum
Medicaid coverage for low-income mothers through 12 months after delivery. Data suggests …

OBJECTIVE: To identify the association of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion
with payment for delivery, early access to prenatal care, preterm birth, and birth weights …