Introduction: Proper nutrition during pregnancy is important to prevent nutritional imbalances
that interfere with pregnancy. Micronutrients play critical roles in embryogenesis, fetal …

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion increased Medicaid eligibility for low-
income adults regardless of their pregnancy or parental status. Variation in states' adoption …

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions increased preconception and
postpartum insurance coverage among low-income birthing people, leading to greater use …

Medicaid has a long history of serving pregnant women, but many women are not eligible for
Medicaid before pregnancy or after sixty days postpartum. We used data for new mothers …

Poor perinatal mental health is a common pregnancy-related morbidity with potentially
serious impacts that extend beyond the individual to their family. A possible contributing …

Abstract The American Rescue Plan provides a pathway for states to expand postpartum
Medicaid coverage for low-income mothers through 12 months after delivery. Data suggests …

Importance Approximately half of postpartum individuals in the US do not receive any
routine postpartum health care. Currently, federal Medicaid coverage for pregnant …

Societal systems act individually and in combination to create and perpetuate structural
racism through both policies and practices at the local, state, and federal levels, which, in …

Importance Non-Hispanic Black individuals are disproportionally covered by Medicaid
during pregnancy and, compared with non-Hispanic White individuals, have higher rates of …

Purpose This population-representative study examined the association of Medicaid
expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) with postpartum …