As the nation’s largest payer for maternity care, Medicaid is a cornerstone for advancing reproductive justice and dismantling systemic health inequities. H.R.1 legislation directly impacts maternal and infant health. True reproductive and justice requires policymakers to optimize Medicaid by funding holistic, culturally centered and linguistically concordant care, including midwifery, doula and perinatal support services. Protecting and strengthening these benefits ensures that high-quality healthcare during and after pregnancy is treated as a fundamental right rather than a privilege. This was the first webinar in the Medicaid Connections series held on July 21, at 2pm ET, in partnership with Anka Consulting, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Johnson Policy Consulting.
Speakers:
- Tanesha Mondestin, Research Associate, Georgetown Center for Children and Families (moderator)
- Jamila Perritt, President & CEO, Physicians for Reproductive Health
- Kay Johnson, President, Johnson Policy Consulting
- Lourdes Rivera, President, Pregnancy Justice
- Madeline Morcelle, Senior Policy Attorney, Sexual and Reproductive Health at the National Health Law Program
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Resources:
- Overdose, Homicide, and Suicide as Causes of Maternal Death in the United States – New England Journal of Medicine
- Brief: From Maternal Health to Long-Term Care: Medicaid is Vital for Women’s Lifelong Health – National Partnerships for Children and Families
- Births Financed by Medicaid – KFF
- Share of Births by Race and Ethnicity – MACPAC
- Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Report – KFF & CCF
- Coverage Gains Plateaued for New Mothers as Pandemic Protections Ended – Urban Institute
- Maternal Mortality Rate – CDC
- Severe Maternal Morbidity Rate – Commonwealth
- Recurrence of Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Population-based Cohort Analysis of California Women
- A systematic review of the qualitative literature on barriers to high‐quality prenatal and postpartum care among low‐income women
- H.R.1 Resource Hub – CCF
- The New Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Are Here—Don’t Let the Nebraska “Soft Start” Fool You – CCF
- Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: How Can States Protect Pregnant and Postpartum Women from Losing Health Coverage? – CCF
- Ensuring Continuous Coverage for Pregnant and Postpartum Medicaid Enrollees Under OBBBA – Urban Institute
- Building Racial Equity into the Walls of Minnesota Medicaid
- Building Racial Equity into the Walls of Minnesota Medicaid ( slides)
- NHeLP’s Medicaid and Reproductive Justice Collaborative
- Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans by Dr. Khiara Bridges
- Ongoing Maternity Care Innovations in California: Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model
- A Brief Policy History of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)