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Maggie Clark

is a Program Director at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.

Maggie Clark is a Program Director at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families (CCF). Her work focuses on improving Medicaid coverage for pregnant and postpartum people and leveraging Medicaid to support the healthy development of young children. She is the lead author of several reports and briefs on pregnancy-related health coverage and an expert on the state and federal movement to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months after the end of pregnancy.

Before joining Georgetown University, she was an award-winning health journalist in Florida covering all aspects of Florida's health delivery system, with special attention to Medicaid for children. She also held various research positions at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, D.C. Maggie earned a BA in International Affairs from Florida State University and a Master of Journalism from the University of Maryland.

Latest From Maggie

Medicaid Unwinding Risks Maternal Health Coverage Gains During Pandemic

The pandemic’s continuous coverage protection had a profound effect on health coverage for pregnant women and new mothers, who for the first time experienced pregnancy-related coverage that did not end just 60 days after the end of pregnancy. Before the pandemic, about half of all people covered by Medicaid for pregnancy lost coverage after the […]

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Medicaid and CHIP Provisions Explained

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328).[1]   The Consolidated Appropriations Act includes a number of provisions related to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).  This includes, among others, delinking the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement from the COVID-19 public health emergency and starting its unwinding […]