The Alaska Legislature passed a bill that extends Medicaid coverage for thousands of new mothers, with the goal of preventing gaps in health care coverage and addressing the state's high maternal mortality rate.
. State Department of Health officials told lawmakers that 51% of births in Alaska are covered by Medicaid.
. Freshman Rep. Will Stapp, a Fairbanks Republican, introduced an amendment to cover recipients who earn up to 225%, which was estimated to increase the number of mothers eligible for coverage by 450, to more than 2,000 per year. Congress passed legislation earlier in the year that allowed states to permanently extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers to one year.to cost the state $4 million per year, and will start being available July 1 next year.
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