Medicaid Priorities in 2022: Extending Postpartum Care and Closing the Gap
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English - September 13, 2022 03:05 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Health & Fitness catholic health healthcare health care cha chausa Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For more than 4 out of 10 new moms in the United States, postpartum care is covered by Medicaid. But when coverage ends after 60 days, these mothers are left vulnerable to some of the most dangerous complications of childbirth.
CHA Director of Government Relations Paulo Pontemayor and Kinda Serafi, J.D., Partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, discuss tax-payer benefits to closing the gap, advocating for expansion and the impact communities would see if postpartum coverage was permanently extended.
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