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Earlier this month, we published an ahead-of-print article from Grace Lin and coauthors exploring how almost one-half of health plan coverage denials appealed to independent medical review were overturned.

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Today's Featured Articles

New York’s Basic Health Program Increased Subsidized Insurance Coverage From Preconception To The Postpartum Period

Julia C. P. Eddelbuettel et al.

Proposed Federal Rules Target Health Care For Transgender Youth (Part 3)

Katie Keith

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

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Effects Of Medicaid Expansions On Coverage, Prenatal Care, And Health Among American Indian/Alaska Native Women

Kate W. Strully et al. (March 2024)

Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements In Perinatal Mental Health

Claire E. Margerison et al. (October 2021)

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