,,Estimating the Impact of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility for Family Planning Services

Estimating the Impact of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility for Family Planning Services


 

Publication Date: August 2006

Publisher: Guttmacher Institute

Author(s): Jennifer J. Frost; Adam Sonfield; Rachel Benson Gold

Research Area: Health; Population and demographics

Type: Report

Abstract:

In the 1980's, federal and state governments developed initiatives to expand Medicaid-covered prenatal, delivery and postpartum care to low-income women who were nonetheless ineligible for regular Medicaid coverage. Building on these efforts, several states in recent years have obtained permission from the federal government to expand eligibility for Medicaid-covered family planning services.