Medicaid and Family Planning: Background and Implicaitons of the ACARanji, USalganicoff, Alina
"This Issue Brief reviews the role of Medicaid in financing and promoting access to family planning services for low-income women. Specifically, it examines the extent to which women of reproductive age rely on Medicaid for their care; the special status and range of services covered under the ...
(HealthDay)—One-third of women of reproductive age report better ability to access birth control and family planning services with Medicaid expansion coverage, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in JAMA Network Open.
The article focuses on a new research from Guttmacher Institute which reveals that public funding for family planning services in the U.S. reached almost 2.4 billion dollars in fiscal year 2010. It notes that Medicaid accounts for 75% of total public funding for family planning and has been ...
In this article we examine the federal freedom-of-choice statute, which was enacted in the mid-1980s to protect Medicaid beneficiaries' access to timely and confidential family planning services. We also examine how these provisions have been implemented in 15 jurisdictions and provide a case stud...
In addition to Medicaid, the Title X program, operated by the federal Office of Population Affairs (OPA), supports a network of clinics across the United States that provide free or low-cost family planning services to low-income individuals, many of whom are uninsured.25 Maternity care: ...
Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook family planning Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Medical,Legal,Financial,Wikipedia. Related to family planning:natural family planning the control of the number of children in a family and of the intervals between them, esp by ...
Medications for opioid use disorder Methadone Buprenorphine Family planning Reproductive health Sexual health Opioid use disorder Peer navigation 1. Introduction Almost half (45%) of pregnancies in the United States are unintended and rates are higher for low-income women, women with less than a high...
1 Medicaid is also the primary source of family planning coverage, accounting for 75% of public expenditures for family planning services in the United States.2 State Medicaid programs have a long-standing requirement to provide family planning services in the benefits package that is provid...
Over twenty states provide enhanced access to family planning services through 1115 Medicaid family planning waivers. Traditionally, these publicly funded family planning services have been provided by governmental and non-profit organizations. One innovative feature of California's family planning waiver, ...