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NPR: Arkansas’ gov says Medicaid extension for new moms isn’t needed. Advisers disagree (www.npr.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

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Arkansas is the only state that has not taken the step to expand what’s called postpartum Medicaid coverage, an option for states paid for almost entirely by the federal government that ensures poor women have uninterrupted health insurance for a year after they give birth. Forty-six states now have the provision, encouraged by the Biden administraion, and Idaho, Iowa, and Wisconsin either have plans in place to enact legislation or have bills pending in their legislatures.

Nationally, 41% of births were covered by Medicaid in 2021. Federal law requires states to provide pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage through 60 days after delivery. But maternal health advocates say Arkansas often begins the process of moving women out of the program after six weeks, or 42 days.

In March, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, signed an executive order creating a committee of experts charged with improving the state’s dismal maternal health outcomes and better educating women about their health insurance options.

The committees tasked with making recommendations to Huckabee Sanders have been meeting this summer and recently prepared draft recommendations.

But missing from the list is an expansion of postpartum Medicaid coverage, despite widespread agreement by health organizations and the state’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee that doing so would reduce pregnancy-related deaths.

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[–] Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago

Arkansas is also the only state to have successfully blocked a petition to codify women's Healthcare rights into the state's constitution.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I wonder if Sarah Whatthefuck Sanders hates all other women more or less than she hates herself

[–] Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Without a doubt.

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Fuck the Huckabee family.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

A loser member of the union, made possible by voting for loser politicians.

Despite an acknowledgement of the state's dismal maternal health outcomes and setting up a committee of "experts" to troubleshoot it, the need for new mothers to have healthcare in coverage was...

conveniently left out.

This was the best the pedophile party was able to accomplish.

By sharp contrast, not too far away in Arizona, Democrats enshrined abortion protections in the constitution.

Let's all be sure to vote, folks.

[–] Kidding_me@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Arkansas has always been known as being a little backwards, but they are diving deeper into perverse abuse