With an eye toward understanding what will happen as continuous Medicaid eligibility comes to an end, Erica Eliason of Brown University School of Public Health and coauthors examine postpartum coverage loss just before the COVID-19 pandemic. bit.ly/3pCmEo1

Happy to see this out with Hannah MacDougall, Stephanie Hanson, & Julia Interrante in Medical Care! We examine difficulties affording medical bills using 2019-21 NHIS data, finding higher health care unaffordability in the postpartum period with similar estimates in rural & urban areas

In 2021, I called on states to expand Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months. Today, 36 states have answered the call — and I look forward to all 50 achieving this critical goal as we improve maternal health across America.

This is wonky but important: The Biden Administration is calling on states to fix a glitch in some of their Medicaid renewal systems that is resulting in kids being wrongly dropped from coverage. cms.gov/newsroom/press…

In their new Forefront article, Gray Babbs Em Jae Downing Corman, PhD + David Meyers of Brown University School of Public Health + FOLX HEALTH discuss how the House passed two bills + released a 3rd impacting gender-affirming care coverage for Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, the IHS and the VA. bit.ly/3sJKC1Z

The Biden Administration announced that 30 states were conducting Medicaid renewals incorrectly, and that nearly 500,000 people will have coverage restored, many of them kids. It's not often that a government enforcement action has such sweeping effects. cms.gov/newsroom/press…

States with the darkest red have seen greatest declines in child Medicaid enrollment.

Breaking News: Infant deaths in the U.S. rose for the first time in 20 years, according to provisional figures released Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics. nyti.ms/49f7cjz

I tear up every time another state implements the option to extend #Medicaid from 60 days to one year #postpartum. This policy will help people maintain their health in the critical one year period following pregnancy. #MedicaidMatters

New publication out with Hannah MacDougall & Jasmine Agostino examining job, housing, financial, and food perinatal hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We find disparate pandemic effects with higher rates among Black, uninsured, and Medicaid-insured respondents doi.org/10.1089/jwh.20…

Excited for this publication out in Academic Pediatrics Academic Peds Assoc, showing disparities in COVID-19 related infant care cancellations & delays by race, ethnicity & insurance, potentially exacerbating existing inequities in infant health & care access doi.org/10.1016/j.acap…

Roses are red, Violets are blue. With Medicaid multi-year continuous coverage, Kids w/o health care will be few. #HealthPolicyValentine

We can make birth safer for Black mothers. Here’s how. trib.al/MBMbc1l

States with Medicaid expansion have fewer maternal deaths than states without. This is according to a 2020 study by postdoctoral researcher Erica Eliason who says timely care for chronic conditions makes pregnancy & birth safer.🤰🏾 #blackmaternalhealthweek vox.com/the-highlight/…

We’re looking forward to seeing our colleagues at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (#ARM2024)! This includes Erica Eliason, current postdoc at Brown University School of Public Health and incoming Rutgers CSHP Rutgers SPH Assistant Professor: go.rutgers.edu/mjiqxm65

#ICYMI: Rutgers CSHP @RutgersIFH Assistant Research Professor Erica Eliason was recently featured in a story from Rutgers SPH. Dr. Eliason’s research focuses on the effects of #healthpolicy on maternal, child, and reproductive health and #healthequity: go.rutgers.edu/p80v6l3m

#SoonInAJPH "Children’s Insurance Stability and Coverage Inequities During the COVID-19 Continuous Coverage Provision" COVID-19 continuous coverage provisions improved children’s public coverage continuity, particularly for children who may be most at risk of coverage loss.

#ICYMI: Research by Rutgers CSHP Rutgers Institute for Health faculty Erica Eliason and Mandi Spishak-Thomas was cited in the Economic Report of the President from the Council of Economic Advisors! Check out page 161 of the report to view their contributions: go.rutgers.edu/n4vybvzk

It’s #FindingsFriday once again, and this week’s insight comes from a journal article co-authored by Rutgers Institute for Health Rutgers CSHP Assistant Professor Erica Eliason with colleagues from University of Minnesota. They examine community benefit spending for rural #hospitals: go.rutgers.edu/clnn8xu0