The maternal mortality crisis in the United States is a national embarrassment, and it’s unfolding in real time. The U.S.

The maternal mortality crisis in the United States is a national embarrassment and it’s unfolding in real time. The U.S.

Midwife Sheila Simms Watson leaned to gently press on the pregnant woman’s belly. Me’Asia Taylor lay on a bed fitted with tie ...

Postpartum uninsurance declined among Black women in non-expansion states during the COVID-19 continuous Medicaid coverage policy, but racial gaps persisted, according to a new study at Columbia ...

Efforts to expand Medicaid in Mississippi peaked in the 2024 legislative session thanks to the support at the time of Republican House Speaker Jason White. Mississippi Today Republican leaders have ...

With federal pandemic relief dollars that for years bolstered Mississippi Division of Medicaid’s budget now depleted, state lawmakers are grappling with a steep budget increase request from the agency ...

Hinds County (Miss.) Chancery Court Judge J. Dewayne Thomas temporarily blocked the Mississippi Division of Medicaid March 11 from collecting a $5.5 million debt from Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore ...

Postpartum uninsurance declined among Black women in non-expansion states during the COVID-19 continuous Medicaid coverage policy, but racial gaps persisted, according to a new study at Columbia ...

IMPORTANT LOCAL COVERAGE. YOU’RE WATCHING WISN 12 NEWS AT 4:00. >> HERE IN WISCONSIN IMPACTS THOUSANDS OF NEW MOTHERS AND NEWBORNS ACROSS THE STATE. >> THE LAW EXPANDING POSTPARTUM MEDICARE COVERAGE ...

MADISON – Postpartum Medicaid coverage for thousands of low-income women in Wisconsin will extend from 60 days to a full year with Gov. Tony Evers' signature of a law years in the making. Evers, who ...

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday signed a new bill requiring postpartum Medicaid coverage to be extended from 60 days to one year for low-income families starting on July 1. Under Senate ...