{"id":521,"date":"2026-06-19T20:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=521"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:05:39","slug":"nationwide-survey-shows-ongoing-struggles-for-pregnant-patients-on-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=521","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide survey shows ongoing struggles for pregnant patients on Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A survey of more than 3,800 people nationwide who gave birth in 2023 and 2024 found those using Medicaid described worse outcomes than those on private insurance, that access to care remains limited for some, and that women often feel unheard and disregarded during pregnancy and labor and delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The<\/span>, conducted by the nonpartisan nonprofit National Partnership for Women and Families, was released earlier this month. The partnership says the survey is the largest of its kind, and it\u2019s the fourth time the organization has published this type of survey since 2002. The organization says its survey represents approximately 90% of the childbearing population, defined as those at least age 18 who gave birth in a U.S. hospital to a single baby whom they lived with.<\/span><\/p>\n

The survey highlighted what it called \u201chard-won gains\u201d in policy changes, such as the expansion of Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months postpartum in all but one state, as well as expanded state paid leave programs and new investments in maternal health and perinatal quality. But it said those gains are threatened by hospital maternity units closing in many states, as well as deep cuts to Medicaid programs at the state and federal levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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