The Biden administration has approved four states—Florida, California, Oregon and Kentucky—to expand Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage to up to a year postpartum, Fierce Healthcare reports.
The announcement brings the final number of states choosing to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage to seven overall.
“Today, more than 126,000 additional families will benefit from states extending Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to 12 months of postpartum coverage,” Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. Read more.
