Few periods in Medicaid's nearly 60-year history can match the past decade.
Forty states expanded their programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Thirty states extended Medicaid coverage to a full year postpartum. “Continuous coverage” during the pandemic benefited tens of millions of participants.
The results: better health and economic outcomes for Medicaid participants overall, including a decline in disease-related deaths in expansion states and lower rates of maternal mortality.
The above is an excerpt of a letter to the editor originally published in the Washington Post.
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