Currently, the state’s Medicaid coverage only covers two months after childbirth. But a bill would extend coverage for a full 12 months postpartum. In 2021, 23 percent of women ages 19-64 were uninsured in the state.
Victoria Ferrell Ortiz learned she was pregnant during summer 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with a local nonprofit, which offered her a small stipend to
Pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage ends just two months after childbirth in Texas some advocates and researchers say that cutoff contributes to maternal deaths and illnesses in the state.