The authors looked at underused longitudinal hospital data from 2010-2017 and found that Medicaid expansion was associated with
a 17 percent reduction in hospitalizations during the first 60 days postpartum. They also found some evidence of a smaller decrease in hospitalizations between 61 days and six months postpartum.
On January 18, please join authors Maria W. Steenland, an assistant professor in the Department of Population Studies and Training Center of Brown University, and Laura W. Wherry, an assistant professor at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, for a detailed discussion of the paper’s data, methods, and policy conclusions. Health Affairs Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack will host.
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