“A lot of the ways we talk about people who receive Medicaid or all forms of public assistance, there tends to be a dehumanization of it a lot of times."
The American Rescue Plan, passed in 2021, included an option for states to extend Medicaid benefits to new mothers. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 16 states have chosen to use that provision as their benefits to new mothers extended from 60 days to a year starting in April.
The American Rescue Plan, passed in 2021, included an option for states to extend Medicaid benefits to new mothers. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 16 states have chosen to use that provision as their benefits to new mothers extended from 60 days to a year starting in April.