Since Dobbs, Few Large Firms Have Changed Their Plan’s Abortion Coverage Policy February 29, 2024 News Release According to an analysis of responses to KFF’s Employer Health Benefits Survey in 2023, relatively few (8%) large firms (with 200 or more workers) offering health benefits report reducing or expanding coverage for abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling. Since…
Coverage of Abortion in Large Employer-Sponsored Plans in 2023 February 29, 2024 Issue Brief This brief presents findings from the 2023 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey on coverage of abortion services in large employer-sponsored health plans, changes employers made to abortion coverage since the 2022 Supreme Court ruling, and employers’ provision of financial assistance for travel out of state to obtain an abortion.
Who Decides When a Patient Qualifies for an Abortion Ban Exception? Doctors vs. the Courts December 14, 2023 Blog While all eyes were on Texas and the recent case of Kate Cox, a woman seeking a court order allowing her abortion under an exception to the Texas abortion ban, the conflict could have played out in many states. The risk to doctors is so high that many doctors are hesitant to provide life-saving abortion care unless the threat to life is imminent.
KFF Examines How Abortion Bans, Misinformation, and State Actions May Affect Access to Contraception October 26, 2023 News Release Following the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, uncertainty has emerged over whether the right to contraception could also be limited. Justice Thomas’ concurring opinion in Dobbs renewed attention and raised the possibility that other Supreme Court precedents relying on the same principles as Roe, such as the right…
Opioid Use Disorder and Treatment Among Pregnant and Postpartum Medicaid Enrollees September 19, 2023 Issue Brief This brief examines opioid use disorder diagnoses and medication treatment for opioid use disorders in the prenatal and postpartum period among people with a Medicaid-covered delivery in 2017-2018.
Medicaid Expansion Has Had Beneficial Effects on Some Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes June 29, 2023 News Release A new KFF review of more than three dozen studies published between April 2021 and June 2023 finds that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act is associated with beneficial effects on a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The studies, which echo findings of previous research, find that…
What Does the Recent Literature Say About Medicaid Expansion?: Impacts on Sexual and Reproductive Health June 29, 2023 Issue Brief This brief summarizes recent studies on the impacts of Medicaid expansion on a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
One Year Since Dobbs: The Landscape of Abortion Policies Across the US June 15, 2023 News Release There has been intense focus on abortion policies across the United States since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022. That decision overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating federal constitutional protections for abortion and putting the decision to restrict or protect abortion with…
Postpartum Individuals Are at Risk of Losing Medicaid During the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision, Especially in Certain States May 30, 2023 Blog This policy watch discusses Medicaid unwinding and how enrollees who qualified for Medicaid through the pregnancy pathway are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage, particularly those living in states who have not implemented Medicaid expansion and have not extended postpartum Medicaid coverage.