by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 23, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
A group of 20 Democratic members announced they are forming a coalition to protect and expand abortion access in their states as bans continue to be enacted following the fall of Roe v. Wade. Led by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Reproductive Freedom Alliance...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 17, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Pentagon will allow service members up to three weeks of leave to travel for abortions and other noncovered reproductive health care,according to a slate of new policies announced on Thursday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin first announced in October that the...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 13, 2023 | Access & Coverage
A Wall Street Journal article discusses how the Biden administration is expanding states’ ability to use Medicaid funding to pay for food and nutritional counseling. Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved three state demonstrations...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 9, 2023 | Access & Coverage
A review conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that a five-year experiment aimed at improving care for some of California’s most at-risk Medicaid patients resulted in fewer hospitalizations and ER visits. The researchers found that for every...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2023 | Access & Coverage
Mississippi state senators passed a bill Tuesday that would extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from two months to a full year. State senators voted last year for an extension, but it failed in the House amid opposition from the Republican House Speaker, Phillip Gunn....
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage
The Biden administration proposed a new rule that would reverse a Trump-era policy that made it easier for employers to refuse to offer birth control coverage in company-sponsored health plans. The new rule would omit the “moral” exemption and retain the...
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