Wisconsin Passes Expanded Medicaid for Moms, Would Leave Arkansas as only State without It

Wisconsin passes expanded Medicaid for moms, would leave Arkansas as only state without it

Women in Wisconsin will soon be eligible to receive expanded Medicaid coverage for up to a year after giving birth, following near-unanimous passage of a measure Thursday by the Wisconsin Assembly that would leave Arkansas as the only state yet to expand such benefits.

Arkansas Set to Become Only State Without Expanded Medicaid for Moms

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Women in Wisconsin will soon be eligible to receive expanded Medicaid coverage for up to a year after giving birth following near-unanimous passage of a measure Thursday by the Wisconsin Assembly that would leave Arkansas as the only state yet to expand such benefits. Wisconsin Democrats, and even most Republicans, have pushed for years to expand Medicaid coverage for new mothers, only to be blocked by powerful Republican As…

Arkansas will soon be the only state without extended postpartum Medicaid coverage

Once the measure is signed into law by the Wisconsin governor, Arkansas will be the only state without expanded Medicaid coverage for new mothers.