Mississippi and Wyoming are the only two states in the country that have neither expanded Medicaid or extended postpartum Medicaid coverage.
by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today December 5, 2022 Low-income women in Mississippi have less access to health care in the months after giving birth than their counterparts in every state except Wyoming. Mississippi and Wyoming are now the only two states in the country that have neither expanded Medicaid eligibility to low-income working adults, nor extended postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers beyond 60 days after birth, according to data compiled by the health nonprofit KFF.
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