State Medicaid Expansions for Parents Led to Increased Coverage and Prenatal Care Utilization among Pregnant Mothers

To evaluate impacts of state Medicaid expansions for low-income parents on the health insurance coverage, pregnancy intention, and use of prenatal care among mothers who became pregnant.Person-level data for women with a live birth from the 1997-2012 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.The sample was restricted to women who were already parents using information on previous live births and combined with information on state Medicaid...