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States’ Maternal Mental Health Efforts Show Improvement as Need for Support Grows, Especially in Rural Areas
The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health recently released state-by-state maternal mental health report cards that provide a snapshot of state progress addressing maternal mental health. Using measures across three domains—providers and programs, screening, and coverage—these report cards pinpoint areas of opportunity for states to improve maternal mental health. Overall, the report shows modest progress…
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Webinar and Report Release: Medicaid Key to Maternal and Infant Health in Rural America
Georgetown University CCF shared a new report with state-by-state data on Medicaid coverage of women of reproductive age and how cuts could impact their access to obstetric care in small towns and rural areas. Medicaid plays a larger role in providing health coverage to people living in small towns and rural communities than it does…
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Medicaid Plays A Key Role for Maternal and Infant Health in Rural Communities
Key Findings: Introduction This paper examines the role of Medicaid in covering women of childbearing age (19 through 44 years old) living in small towns and rural areas. Previous research in this series found a higher reliance on Medicaid as a coverage source for children and all non-elderly adults living in small towns and rural…
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Webinar: What Medicaid Cuts Would Mean for Indian Country
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) and the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) hosted a webinar on the potential impacts of proposed federal Medicaid cuts on American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This webinar was open to the press, tribal leaders, health advocates, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the…
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Cuts to Medicaid Will Shift Costs to Families, Providers and Will Be Especially Harmful to Rural Communities
Medicaid is the backbone of many aspects of our health care system including paying for the majority of nursing home residents, covering 40 to 50 percent of children and births depending on where you live, people with disabilities and other low-income people. Medicaid covers almost 80 million people in total – roughly four times as…