Researchers at Columbia University Detail Findings in Managed Care (New York’s Basic Health Program Increased Subsidized Insurance Coverage From Preconception To The Postpartum Period): Managed Care

2025 DEC 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily -- Data detailed on Managed Care have been presented. According to news originating from New York City, New York, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Prepregnancy access to care and continuous health insurance coverage from preconception to postpartum are modifiable drivers of maternal health. The Basic Health Program (BHP) provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allows states to provide low-income people with earnings above the Medicaid income threshold with insurance coverage that is more affordable than Marketplace plans.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Columbia University, “This study used data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System from the period 2015-20 and a difference-in-differences design to evaluate the impact of New York’s BHP on two insurance outcomes: preconception coverage through New York’s state BHP or Marketplace and continuous publicly subsidized coverage during and after pregnancy following prepregnancy BHP or Marketplace coverage. Compared with coverage in comparison states with no BHP, New York’s BHP increased preconception BHP and Marketplace coverage by 8.8 percentage points and increased continuous publicly subsidized coverage pre- to postpregnancy by 6.9 percentage points. The BHP was not associated with a change in preconception uninsurance.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The BHP could be an important state-level policy to improve coverage affordability and stability from preconception to the postpartum period, especially given the present uncertainty of federal funding for Medicaid and Marketplace coverage.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: New York’s Basic Health Program Increased Subsidized Insurance Coverage From Preconception To The Postpartum Period. Health Affairs, 2025;44(12):1497-1504.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Jamie R. Daw, Jamie R. Daw, Columbia University, New York, New York. Additional authors for this research include Julia C. P. Eddelbuettel, Alison A. Galbraith, Sarah H. Gordon, Anjali Kaimal and Laura F. Garabedian.

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