Investigators from Oregon State University Have Reported New Data on Managed Care (Postabortion Medicaid Enrollment and the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion In Oregon): Managed Care

2022 DEC 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Corvallis, Oregon, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion had the potential to increase continuity of insurance coverage and remove barriers to accessing health services following an abortion in states where Medicaid pays for abortion. We examined the association of Medicaid expansion with postabortion Medicaid enrollment and described postabortion preventive reproductive services among Medicaid-enrolled women in Oregon.”

Financial support for this research came from Society of Family Planning Research Fund.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Oregon State University, “We used Medicaid claims and enrollment data to identify abortions to women ages 20-44 in 2009-2017 (N = 30,786), classified into a treatment group-those likely to be affected by Medicaid expansion-and a comparison group. Outcomes included Medicaid enrollment (number of months enrolled and any lapse in enrollment) in the 6 and 12 months postabortion. Difference-in-differences analyses were used to compare outcomes preexpansion (2009-2012) and postexpansion (2014-2017) for treatment and comparison groups. Linear regression models were adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, rurality, and month. We described receipt of preventive reproductive services in 0-2 months and in 3-12 months postabortion. Medicaid expansion was associated with enrollment increases of 2.0 and 4.7 months and with declines in any enrollment lapse of 54 and 48 percentage-points over 6 and 12 months postabortion, respectively (p < 0.001). Many who remained enrolled through postabortion received preventive care including contraceptive services (41%) and screening for sexually transmitted infections (23%).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Medicaid expansion may increase continuity of insurance coverage for those receiving abortions, and in turn promote access to preventive services that can improve subsequent reproductive health outcomes.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Postabortion Medicaid Enrollment and the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion In Oregon. Journal of Women s Health, 2022;31(1):55-62. Journal of Women s Health can be contacted at: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 140 Huguenot Street, 3RD Fl, New Rochelle, NY 10801, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Susannah E. Gibbs, Oregon State University, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, 2631 Sw Campus Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2020.8941. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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