The Senate Medicaid Committee heard testimony on Thursday from numerous health experts on benefits of increasing the length of postpartum Medicaid health coverage for mothers from 60 days to a year.
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi TodayExtending postpartum coverage to Mississippi mothers ‘a no brainer,’ key lawmaker says by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today December 1, 2022 Mississippi can spend about $7 million a year to keep mothers and newborns healthier, or continue to spend tens of millions more dealing with the fallout of having the worst infant and maternal mortality and morbidity in the country, health experts told lawmakers Thursday.
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