Association of the affordable care act Medicaid expansions with postpartum contraceptive use and early postpartum pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 55% of individuals giving birth with Medicaid lost insurance postpartum, potentially affecting their access to postpartum contraception. We evaluate the association of the ACA Medicaid expansions with postpartum contraceptive use and pregnancy at the time of the survey.

Methods

We used 2012-2019 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data to estimate difference-in-difference models for the association of Medicaid expansions with the use of postpartum contraception (mean: 4 months postpartum): any contraception, long-acting reversible contraception, or LARC (contraceptive implant and intrauterine device), short-acting (contraceptive pill, patch, and ring), permanent, or non-prescription methods (condoms, rhythm method, and

SUBMITTER: Eliason EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9378469 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature