Medicaid Eligibility Gaps and Pandemic-Era Postpartum Insurance Rates

This research letter, co-authored by Ashley Fox and Heeun Kim is published at https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2831564

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively allowed eligible birthing people to remain continuously enrolled in Medicaid throughout the public health emergency, creating an unexpected opportunity to study the effects of long-advocated-for postpartum Medicaid extensions.¹ This cohort study uses publicly available national survey data and a new study design to estimate the association of FFCRA with postpartum insurance rates.