Texas considers extending Medicaid access after birth to make having a baby safer

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Texas abortion bans focused attention on the state’s already high maternal mortality rate. Proposed legislation could let otherwise uninsured women stay on Medicaid up to a year after childbirth.

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  Texas abortion bans focused attention on the state’s already high maternal mortality rate. Proposed legislation could let otherwise uninsured women stay on Medicaid up to a year after childbirth.