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December 8, 2021
Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: State Implementation Efforts
Alexis Robles-Fradet california, Health Equity, Medicaid Awareness Month
Doulas and other birth workers have continued to rise in popularity as a potential intervention for addressing maternal health and mortality issues in the United States. While doulas cannot solve the underlying structural inequities and systemic racism in our health care systems, their presence during pregnancy, birth, and the…
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December 8, 2021
Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: 2021 State Roundup
Alexis Robles-Fradet Best of 2021 Blogs, california, Health Equity
Doulas and other birth workers have continued to rise in popularity as a potential intervention for addressing the maternal health and mortality crisis in the United States. While doulas cannot solve the underlying structural inequities and systemic racism in our health systems, their presence during pregnancy, birth, and the…
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December 7, 2021
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman Taylor Issue Brief, Manual/Report, NHeLP Matters
UPDATED - December 2021. Contraceptive Equity is a policy framework under which contraceptive care is easily accessible and covered at no cost in all health plans. This paper begins with the Model Contraceptive Equity Act legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates. It concludes with…
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November 3, 2021
Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act
Elizabeth G. Taylor Press Release
The National Health Law Program joined dozens of organizations calling on Congress to include strong maternal health provisions in the Build Back Better Act. Click on the download button to read quotes from additional partner organizations. “The National Health Law Program calls on Congress to pass the Build Back…
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June 15, 2021
State Approaches to Improving Reproductive and Sexual Health
Priscilla Huang Issue Brief
NHeLP conducted a 50-state review of state Medicaid websites of COVID-19 related policies related to reproductive and sexual health care. This issue brief describes some of the temporary Medicaid and other health care policies and practices states put in place during the pandemic to facilitate the coverage and delivery…
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May 6, 2021
State Momnibus Bills Take Aim at the Black Maternal Mortality Epidemic
Helen Mun* and Madeline Morcelle california, Health Equity, Homepage, SRH Health Equity
Our country is in the throes of a Black maternal mortality epidemic. Black birthing people are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than their white counterparts. Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created new and worsened existing barriers to health care and…
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Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: State Implementation Efforts

Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: 2021 State Roundup

Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act

State Approaches to Improving Reproductive and Sexual Health

State Momnibus Bills Take Aim at the Black Maternal Mortality Epidemic

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Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: State Implementation Efforts

Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care: 2021 State Roundup

Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief

Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act

State Approaches to Improving Reproductive and Sexual Health

State Momnibus Bills Take Aim at the Black Maternal Mortality Epidemic