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States Push to Extend Postpartum Medicaid Benefits to Save Lives
Two doulas attend a pregnant Medicaid beneficiary in her home in Minneapolis. States are moving toward extending Medicaid postpartum benefits in an attempt to stem high maternal mortality rates.
Leila Navidi
Star Tribune via Getty
More states are moving to extend Medicaid benefits to new mothers up to a full year after giving birth, far beyond the 60 days required by federal law.
That development, promoted by numerous medical groups as well as official state medical boards that focus on maternal health, reflects increasing alarm over the United States’ maternal mortality rate, which is the worst among developed nations and is trending in the wrong direction. There also is a growing awareness that women face increased health risks not only during pregnancy and labor and delivery, but also for months afterward. Nearly a quarter of postpartum-related deaths occur six week
Pregnancy is dangerous for women. Even in 2021, even in the United States, even in Wyoming. The U.S. ranks last among industrialized countries for maternal mortality, and Wyoming ranks 10th in the nation for maternal mortality and morbidity.
Maternal mortality and morbidity rates still break sharply along the fault lines of race and geography. Black, Hispanic, and indigenous women â and pregnant women in rural areas â have markedly higher rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Rural states like Wyoming have fewer OB/Gyns â recent testimony in the House Labor, Health and Social Services committee revealed there are fewer than 60 in the state â and recruitment is increasingly difficult.