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Brief

The American Rescue Plan Act’s State Option to Extend Postpartum Coverage

This brief reviews states’ policy and operational considerations as a result of the new option to extend postpartum coverage in the American Rescue Plan Act.

The law establishes a new state option to extend Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage for pregnant women for one year following the birth of a child.

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