by Jessica Casebolt | Aug 2, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
More than 5.6 million women live in counties with little to no access to maternity care services, according to a report from the March of Dimes. The nonprofit organization’s 2022 report shows that 1,119 counties qualify as maternity care deserts, marking a 2...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Nearly 4 million Medicaid recipients have lost coverage since the end of the public health emergency, but most of those were disenrolled due to procedural issues, not ineligibility. Such issues include misdirected paperwork, mistakes by state agencies, and other...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Commonwealth Fund’s 2020 International Health Policy Survey found that 36 percent of rural Americans did not get the care they needed due to costs, which is more than double the rate for rural residents in six of the other countries the study looked at. The survey...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Nearly two years after Texas’ six-week abortion ban went into effect, the state’s infant mortalities spiked by over 10 percent in 2022, according to preliminary data obtained by CNN. Texas’ ban, which was the strictest in the U.S. at the time of its...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people was restored Friday when a federal judge lifted an injunction he issued last month that had temporarily blocked the restrictions. The latest ruling by U.S. District Judge David Hale means the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Iowa lawmakers Tuesday passed a law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, weeks after the state Supreme Court deadlocked on whether the state’s current ban was enforceable. The bill’s passage sets up another legal challenge, as abortion rights...
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