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DHW: postpartum Medicaid coverage live; appeal filed after federal rejection of state abortion‑law alignment

2676575 · February 26, 2025
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Director Alex Adams told JFAC the state's postpartum coverage state plan amendment is operational and about 2,800 women have benefited; he said federal officials rejected part of Idaho's approach that would align postpartum coverage with state abortion law and that the department has filed an appeal and secured a hearing date.

BOISE — Director Alex Adams told the Feb. 26 Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that Idaho’s postpartum Medicaid coverage state plan amendment is fully operational and that about 2,800 women had received postpartum coverage under the policy…

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