Disparities in postpartum contraceptive use among immigrant women with restricted Medicaid benefits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Emergency Medicaid program offers restricted Medicaid benefits for people who meet the same financial eligibility criteria as Traditional Medicaid recipients but do not meet the citizenship requirements for enrollment in Traditional Medicaid. By federal law, Emergency Medicaid covers care for life-threatening emergencies or a hospital admission for childbirth. No prenatal or postpartum care is covered. Most of the women enrolled in Emergency Medicaid are Latina.

Objective

We assessed postpartum visits and receipt of postpartum contraception and compared the outcomes for Emergency (restricted benefit) Medicaid recipients with those of Traditional (full-benefit) Medicaid recipients in Oregon and South Carolina, 2 states with similar-sized immigrant populations.<

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9563385 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature