State Government Innovation in the Design aImplementation of Medicaid Family Planning Expansionsnd

Abstract:

In the course of designing and implementing their Medicaid family planning expansions, state officials have demonstrated enormous creativity and surprising entrepreneurship in reaching out to, enrolling and serving new clients. In doing so, they have not only built on, and learned from, earlier generations of Medicaid expansions--including those for pregnancy-related care and SCHIP--but also have taken important and innovative next steps.