ASPEN, Colo. — The White House’s top Medicaid official said 46 states have implemented policies providing Medicaid coverage 12 months postpartum. Now, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure says she’s laser-focused on seeing the four remaining states follow suit.
“This is pretty fast adoption of a new program,” said Brooks-LaSure, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, during an interview with CQ Roll Call on Saturday during the Aspen Ideas: Health conference.
The fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations law made permanent a program providing an extension of Medicaid postpartum care. Currently, Idaho and Iowa are close to having their policies take effect, while Wisconsin is awaiting feedback on a three-month coverage waiver. Only Arkansas has not taken additional action.
