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Corresponding Author: E. Kathleen Adams, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE Room 654, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Email: eadam01@sph.emory.edu
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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This research was made possible through the funding of the Office of Population Affairs (OPA).
Keywords:
- Science & Technology
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine
- Health Care Sciences & Services
- Health Policy & Services
- Medicaid
- section 1115 waivers
- family planning
- unwanted births
- costs
- INSURANCE-COVERAGE
- WELFARE-REFORM
- PREGNANT-WOMEN
- EXPANSIONS
- DISPARITIES
- BEHAVIORS
- OUTCOMES
- CARE
Medicaid Family Planning Waivers in 3 States: Did They Reduce Unwanted Births?
Abstract:
Effects of Medicaid family planning waivers on unintended births and contraceptive use postpartum were examined in Illinois, New York, and Oregon using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. Estimates for women who would be Medicaid eligible "if" pregnant in the waiver states and states without expansions were derived using a difference-in-differences approach. Waivers in New York and Illinois were associated with almost a 5.0 percentage point reduction in unwanted births among adults and with a 7 to 8.0 percentage point reduction, among youth less than 21 years of age. Oregon's waiver was associated with an almost 13 percentage point reduction in unintended, mostly mistimed, births. No statistically significant effects were found on contraceptive use.
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