History of Medicaid.

States Need More Time to Prepare for Medicaid Work Requirement

Article link | Farah Erzouki | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | April 27, 2026

Medicaid’s modern history enters a new phase with work-requirement implementation debates, showing how eligibility rules, reporting systems, and administrative barriers remain central to the program’s future.

Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP, March 2026

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | March 15, 2026

MACPAC’s 2026 report documents current Medicaid and CHIP policy concerns, including behavioral health, justice-involved youth, and program administration, providing a useful snapshot of Medicaid’s evolving responsibilities.

Critical Threats to Child and Family Health Intensify in 2026

Article link | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | CCF Georgetown | February 6, 2026

This article places Medicaid in the broader 2026 policy environment, emphasizing how proposed cuts and administrative barriers could reshape coverage for children and families.

Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions

Article link | KFF | KFF | May 21, 2026

KFF’s expansion tracker summarizes the long-running state-by-state aftermath of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion and the Supreme Court decision that made expansion optional.

The Affordable Care Act 101

Article link | KFF | KFF | October 8, 2025

This overview explains how the ACA transformed Medicaid by expanding eligibility, increasing federal funding for newly eligible adults, and linking Medicaid to the broader health insurance reform system.

Medicaid Managed Care in 2025: The Year That Was

Article link | Andy Schneider | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | December 18, 2025

This article reviews Medicaid managed care developments in 2025, showing how private managed care organizations became central to Medicaid delivery and oversight.

Cash Is No Substitute for Coverage: Why Health Insurance Matters

Article link | Joan Alker | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | December 5, 2025

This article highlights Medicaid’s role as health insurance rather than a cash benefit, connecting current debates to the program’s long-standing purpose of guaranteeing access to medical care.

Continuous Eligibility Policies and CHIP Structure Affected Children's Medicaid Coverage

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | November 3, 2025

This study examines how continuous eligibility and CHIP program design shaped children’s coverage, adding to the history of Medicaid’s role in stabilizing insurance for low-income children.

Medicaid Funding, Statistics, Origins, and More

Article link | SHADAC | State Health Access Data Assistance Center | July 30, 2025

This 60th-anniversary explainer reviews Medicaid’s 1965 origins, funding structure, enrollment, and state variation, making it a useful overview of Medicaid’s growth.

What Does the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Do to CHIP?

Article link | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | CCF Georgetown | June 4, 2025

This article explains proposed CHIP changes and situates them within the longer Medicaid-CHIP relationship that began when CHIP was created in 1997.

Medicaid Matters for Young Children and Their Families

Article link | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | CCF Georgetown | June 3, 2025

This fact sheet shows Medicaid and CHIP’s continuing importance for young children, reflecting decades of eligibility expansions for children and families.

States' Use of Medicaid Managed Care In Lieu of Services and Settings

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | April 7, 2025

This study examines a newer stage in Medicaid managed care history, where states use managed care flexibility to address health-related social needs.

Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP, March 2025

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | March 15, 2025

MACPAC’s 2025 report documents Medicaid managed care oversight, home- and community-based services, and administrative burdens, showing how Medicaid’s responsibilities have expanded beyond basic medical assistance.

Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage

Article link | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | CBPP | February 5, 2025

This analysis places Medicaid work requirements in historical context as part of recurring efforts to condition eligibility on paperwork, employment, or reporting compliance.

US Coverage Changes During Medicaid Unwinding in 2023

Article link | A. McIntyre and Coauthors | JAMA Health Forum / NIH PMC | 2025

This study analyzes the large coverage losses after pandemic-era continuous Medicaid coverage ended, marking one of the most significant enrollment disruptions in Medicaid history.

Future of Medicaid Likely Hinges on Election but Voters Are Not Yet Hearing About Candidates’ Views

Article link | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | CCF Georgetown | August 27, 2024

This article frames Medicaid as a major political issue after the ACA expansion and pandemic unwinding, showing how Medicaid became central to national election debates.

Medicaid Expansion: Frequently Asked Questions

Article link | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | CBPP | June 14, 2024

This FAQ explains ACA Medicaid expansion, enhanced federal matching funds, and state adoption decisions, making it useful for understanding the post-2010 history of Medicaid.

Republican Health Coverage Proposals Would Increase Number of Uninsured

Article link | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | CBPP | November 27, 2024

This policy analysis documents continuing disputes over Medicaid eligibility, financing, and coverage after the ACA, reflecting the program’s role in partisan health policy debates.

Unwinding and Returning to Regular Operations After COVID-19

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | 2024

CMS’s archived unwinding guidance documents the end of pandemic-era continuous enrollment and the return to regular Medicaid eligibility redeterminations.

10 Things to Know About the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision

Article link | KFF | KFF | June 9, 2023

This article explains how the end of the COVID-19 continuous coverage requirement led states to redetermine Medicaid eligibility for millions of enrollees.

A Brief History of Health Policy in the United States

Article link | Kevin Smith | NIH PMC | 2023

This article places Medicaid within the wider history of U.S. health reform, from early social insurance debates to Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA.

States Can Reduce Medicaid’s Administrative Burdens to Advance Health and Racial Equity

Article link | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | CBPP | July 19, 2022

This article connects Medicaid’s administrative design to coverage loss and equity, showing how paperwork burdens became a major theme in modern Medicaid history.

Opportunities to Support Maternal and Child Health Through Medicaid’s New Postpartum Coverage Extension

Article link | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | CCF Georgetown | July 15, 2022

This article explains the state option to extend postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage to one year, an important expansion in Medicaid’s maternal health role.

CHIP: Serving America’s Children for 25 Years

Article link | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | CCF Georgetown | July 15, 2022

This anniversary article reviews CHIP’s creation in 1997 and its relationship to Medicaid as a children’s coverage program.

Many States Were Able to Expand Medicaid Without Increasing Administrative Spending

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | 2021

This study examines state administrative costs after ACA Medicaid expansion, adding evidence to debates over whether expansion created major administrative burdens.

A Detailed Look at Health Coverage Trends for Latino Children

Article link | Kelly Whitener | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | June 8, 2021

This report documents Medicaid and CHIP coverage trends for Latino children, highlighting the programs’ importance in reducing child uninsured rates.

An Empirical Evaluation on the Effectiveness of Medicaid Expansion Across 49 States

Article link | Tung Yu Marco Chan | arXiv | December 21, 2020

This study evaluates ACA Medicaid expansion across states and reflects the continuing research debate over how expansion affected health outcomes.

Medicaid and CHIP in the Territories

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | July 2019

This report explains how Medicaid and CHIP operate in U.S. territories, including capped federal financing and special waiver structures.

New Approaches in Medicaid: Work Requirements, Health Savings Accounts, and Health Risk Assessments

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | June 20, 2018

This article examines experimental Medicaid waiver policies, including work requirements and account-based designs, that shaped Medicaid debates in the late 2010s.

Taking Medicaid Coverage Away From People Not Meeting Work Requirements Will Reduce Low-Income Families’ Access to Care

Article link | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | CBPP | August 13, 2018

This article explains the historical stakes of Medicaid work requirements and argues that coverage loss would reverse gains from earlier Medicaid expansions.

Coverage Effects Under Indiana’s HIP Medicaid Expansion

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | 2018

This study analyzes Indiana’s waiver-based Medicaid expansion, an important example of states using Section 1115 demonstrations to customize ACA expansion.

Kansas and Mississippi Medicaid Waivers: Race to the Bottom

Article link | Joan Alker | Georgetown University Center for Children and Families | December 1, 2017

This article reviews state waiver proposals that would have narrowed Medicaid eligibility, illustrating how waivers became a battleground over Medicaid’s mission.

Understanding the Affordable Care Act’s State Innovation 1332 Waivers

Article link | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | CBPP | September 5, 2017

This article explains ACA waiver authority and how Medicaid, CHIP, and marketplace waivers can interact in state health reform.

Medicaid Works for Women — But Proposed Cuts Would Have Harsh, Disproportionate Impact

Article link | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | CBPP | May 11, 2017

This article documents Medicaid’s role in women’s health coverage, including pregnancy, family planning, and expansion coverage.

Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP, June 2016

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | June 2016

This report reviews Medicaid managed care, waivers, and state flexibility shortly after ACA expansion began, showing how implementation varied across states.

United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps

Article link | Barack Obama | JAMA / NIH PMC | 2016

This article describes the ACA as the most important health legislation since Medicare and Medicaid, emphasizing Medicaid expansion’s role in reducing the uninsured rate.

Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion Showing Early Promise on Coverage and Access to Care

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | January 12, 2016

This study reviews early results from Kentucky’s ACA Medicaid expansion, a major state example of expansion’s effect on coverage and access.

Medicaid at 50: Remarkable Growth Fueled by Unexpected Politics

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | 2015

This 50th-anniversary article traces Medicaid’s growth from a small welfare-linked program into one of the largest health insurance programs in the United States.

Once a Welfare Add-On, Medicaid Takes Charge in Health Care

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | 2015

This article explains Medicaid’s transformation from an afterthought attached to welfare into a central pillar of the U.S. health care system.

Federal Legislative Milestones in Medicaid and CHIP

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | 2015

This legislative timeline summarizes the major federal laws that shaped Medicaid and CHIP from 1965 through the ACA era.

Medicaid Program Description and Legislative History

Article link | Social Security Administration | Annual Statistical Supplement | 2015

This official program history explains Medicaid’s structure as a federal-state program and outlines its legislative development.

National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius and Medicaid Expansion

Article link | Supreme Court of the United States | U.S. Supreme Court | June 28, 2012

The Supreme Court upheld much of the ACA but limited the federal government’s ability to require states to expand Medicaid, making expansion effectively optional.

Supreme Court Ruling: Medicaid Expansion Becomes Political Football

Article link | The Guardian | The Guardian | June 29, 2012

This news analysis captures the immediate political consequences of the Supreme Court decision that turned Medicaid expansion into a state-by-state choice.

Context and Overview of Medicaid Managed Care

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | June 2011

This report explains the growth of Medicaid managed care, a major structural shift in how states deliver Medicaid services.

Context and Overview of Medicaid and CHIP

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | March 2011

This overview describes Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, benefits, financing, and state flexibility shortly after the ACA became law.

Overview of Medicaid

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | March 2011

This report provides a foundational description of Medicaid’s federal-state structure, eligibility categories, benefits, waivers, and financing.

Overview of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | March 2011

This report explains CHIP’s design and its relationship to Medicaid expansion programs and separate state child health programs.

History of Health Reform Efforts in the United States

Article link | KFF | KFF | March 25, 2011

This timeline places Medicaid within the broader history of U.S. health reform, from early national health insurance proposals to the ACA.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Article link | 111th Congress | Congress.gov | March 23, 2010

The ACA created the modern Medicaid expansion pathway for low-income adults and reshaped Medicaid eligibility, financing, and enrollment systems.

National Health Insurance: A Brief History of Reform Efforts in the U.S.

Article link | KFF | KFF | February 28, 2009

This brief reviews the reform efforts that led to Medicare, Medicaid, and later the ACA, placing Medicaid within the long struggle over national health coverage.

Medicare and Medicaid: The Past as Prologue

Article link | Edward D. Berkowitz | Health Care Financing Review / NIH PMC | 2005

This historical article explains how Medicare and Medicaid emerged together in 1965 and how Medicaid, initially treated as secondary, became central to health financing.

Key Milestones in Medicare and Medicaid History

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Health Care Financing Review / NIH PMC | 2005

This milestone chronology tracks the development of Medicare and Medicaid from enactment through later reforms.

Medicaid and Managed Care: A Lasting Relationship?

Article link | Health Affairs Authors | Health Affairs | January 2003

This article examines the long expansion of Medicaid managed care and asks whether managed care had become a permanent feature of Medicaid.

Medicaid: 35 Years of Service

Article link | Christine Provost | Health Care Financing Review / NIH PMC | 2000

This article reviews Medicaid’s first 35 years, from its 1965 creation to its growth into a major coverage and long-term care program.

Balanced Budget Act of 1997

Article link | 105th Congress | Congress.gov | August 5, 1997

The Balanced Budget Act created CHIP and changed Medicaid managed care rules, making 1997 one of the most important years in Medicaid-related health policy.

Children’s Health Insurance Program Created

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | 1997

CHIP was created to build on Medicaid and cover children whose family incomes were too high for Medicaid but too low for affordable private insurance.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

Article link | 104th Congress | Congress.gov | August 22, 1996

Welfare reform severed the automatic link between cash welfare and Medicaid eligibility, forcing states to preserve Medicaid coverage through new eligibility pathways.

Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstrations

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | 1990s

Section 1115 demonstrations became a major tool for state Medicaid experimentation, including managed care, expansion populations, premiums, and benefit design.

Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | 1990

The Medicaid Drug Rebate Program changed prescription drug financing by requiring manufacturers to provide rebates to Medicaid in exchange for coverage.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990

Article link | 101st Congress | Congress.gov | November 5, 1990

OBRA 1990 expanded Medicaid child coverage and created the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, linking Medicaid to national pharmaceutical pricing policy.

Medicaid Coverage of Pregnant Women and Children Expanded

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | 1989

Late-1980s legislation expanded Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women and children, gradually moving Medicaid beyond its original welfare-linked categories.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989

Article link | 101st Congress | Congress.gov | December 19, 1989

OBRA 1989 strengthened Medicaid coverage for pregnant women and children and continued the shift toward broader low-income health coverage.

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988

Article link | 100th Congress | Congress.gov | July 1, 1988

Although later repealed in part, this law included Medicaid-related protections for low-income Medicare beneficiaries and long-term care spouses.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

Article link | 100th Congress | Congress.gov | December 22, 1987

OBRA 1987 created major nursing home reforms, making Medicaid central to long-term care quality standards and enforcement.

Medicaid Nursing Facility Services

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | 1987

Medicaid’s nursing facility role became one of its most important historical functions, especially after federal nursing home reforms strengthened quality requirements.

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | CMS | 1986

EMTALA required emergency screening and stabilizing care regardless of ability to pay, intersecting with Medicaid’s role in financing care for low-income patients.

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

Article link | 99th Congress | Congress.gov | April 7, 1986

COBRA is best known for continuation coverage, but the era also shaped Medicaid rules for families, disabled people, and low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982

Article link | 97th Congress | Congress.gov | September 3, 1982

TEFRA allowed important Medicaid coverage pathways for certain children with disabilities, helping families avoid institutional placement.

Katie Beckett Medicaid Pathway

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | 1982

The Katie Beckett pathway became a landmark Medicaid policy for children with significant disabilities who could receive care at home rather than in institutions.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

Article link | 97th Congress | Congress.gov | August 13, 1981

OBRA 1981 created major Medicaid waiver authorities, including home- and community-based services waivers and managed care waivers.

Home and Community-Based Services Waivers

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | 1981

Section 1915(c) waivers allowed states to provide long-term services in homes and communities, transforming Medicaid’s role in disability and elder care.

Waivers

Article link | Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission | MACPAC | 1981

This overview explains Medicaid waiver authorities, a central feature of Medicaid history because waivers let states depart from normal rules to test new approaches.

Medicaid and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | 1971

Medicaid’s coverage of institutional services for people with intellectual disabilities became a major part of the program’s long-term services history.

Supplemental Security Income Program Created

Article link | Social Security Administration | SSA | 1972

SSI’s creation reshaped Medicaid eligibility for many elderly, blind, and disabled people by replacing state adult assistance programs with a federal cash assistance program.

Social Security Amendments of 1972

Article link | 92nd Congress | Congress.gov | October 30, 1972

The 1972 amendments created SSI and affected Medicaid eligibility for aged, blind, and disabled populations, deepening Medicaid’s connection to disability policy.

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Benefit

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | 1967

EPSDT became Medicaid’s comprehensive child health benefit, requiring screening and medically necessary treatment for enrolled children.

Social Security Amendments of 1967

Article link | Social Security Administration | SSA | 1967

The 1967 amendments added important Medicaid child health protections, including EPSDT, and refined the new program’s early structure.

Medicaid Established by the Social Security Amendments of 1965

Article link | Social Security Administration | SSA History | July 30, 1965

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the law creating Medicare and Medicaid, launching Medicaid as Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

CMS History

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | CMS | 1965

CMS’s history page summarizes the creation of Medicare and Medicaid on July 30, 1965, and describes the programs’ long-term role in American health security.

Social Security Amendments of 1965

Article link | 89th Congress | Congress.gov | July 30, 1965

The Social Security Amendments of 1965 created Medicaid as a federal-state medical assistance program for certain low-income people.

Title XIX of the Social Security Act

Article link | Social Security Administration | SSA | 1965

Title XIX is the statutory foundation of Medicaid, defining the program’s federal-state structure, eligibility rules, benefits, and state plan requirements.

The Kerr-Mills Act and Medical Assistance for the Aged

Article link | Social Security Administration | SSA History | 1960

Kerr-Mills created federal support for state medical assistance to low-income elderly people and became an important precursor to Medicaid.

Public Assistance Medical Care Before Medicaid

Article link | Social Security Administration | Annual Statistical Supplement | Pre-1965

Before Medicaid, low-income medical care was funded through a patchwork of public assistance, state programs, local governments, charities, and public hospitals.

The Hill-Burton Act and Hospital Expansion

Article link | Health Resources and Services Administration | HRSA | 1946

The Hill-Burton hospital construction program expanded hospital capacity before Medicaid and helped shape the medical infrastructure Medicaid later financed.

The Social Security Act of 1935

Article link | Social Security Administration | SSA History | August 14, 1935

The Social Security Act created the public assistance framework that later shaped Medicaid’s original eligibility categories.

New Deal Welfare Categories and Medicaid’s Roots

Article link | Social Security Administration | SSA History | 1935

Medicaid’s original structure grew out of New Deal-era public assistance categories for children, older adults, blind people, and disabled people.

Maternal and Child Health Services Under the Social Security Act

Article link | Health Resources and Services Administration | HRSA | 1935

Federal maternal and child health programs created in the Social Security Act formed part of the policy background for later Medicaid child and pregnancy coverage.

The Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act

Article link | U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives | House History | November 23, 1921

The Sheppard-Towner Act was an early federal maternal and child health program that prefigured later federal-state health partnerships like Medicaid.

Progressive Era Health Insurance Proposals

Article link | KFF | KFF | Early 1900s

Early social insurance proposals helped establish the national debate over whether the federal government should help finance medical care.

The American Medical Association and Public Health Insurance Opposition

Article link | Edward D. Berkowitz | Health Care Financing Review / NIH PMC | 20th Century

This history explains how organized medicine shaped the compromises that produced Medicare and Medicaid rather than a single national health insurance program.

Medicaid as a Federal-State Partnership

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

Medicaid’s financing structure is central to its history because federal matching funds allowed states to expand coverage while preserving state administrative control.

Federal Medical Assistance Percentage

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

FMAP has shaped Medicaid since 1965 by determining how costs are shared between the federal government and states.

Mandatory and Optional Medicaid Benefits

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

Medicaid’s benefit structure reflects decades of federal minimum standards combined with state options for additional services.

Medicaid Eligibility

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

Medicaid eligibility evolved from narrow welfare-linked categories to broader coverage for children, pregnant women, disabled people, seniors, and low-income adults.

Medicaid State Plans

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

State plans are the basic legal agreements through which states operate Medicaid, making them a core part of the program’s federal-state history.

Medicaid Managed Care

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

Managed care became one of the biggest changes in Medicaid delivery, moving many enrollees from fee-for-service care into managed care organizations.

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

Medicaid became the nation’s largest payer for long-term services and supports, especially for older adults and people with disabilities.

Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

HCBS policies show Medicaid’s shift away from institution-centered care and toward services that allow people to live at home or in community settings.

Medicaid and Nursing Homes

Article link | KFF | KFF | Historical Overview

This primer explains Medicaid’s central role in financing nursing home care and other long-term services, one of the program’s most important historical functions.

Medicaid and People with Disabilities

Article link | KFF | KFF | Historical Overview

This resource explains how Medicaid eligibility for seniors and people with disabilities varies by state and has evolved through federal and state policy choices.

Medicaid and Children

Article link | KFF | KFF | January 2024

This survey documents Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment policies for children, reflecting the long expansion of child health coverage.

Medicaid and Pregnant Women

Article link | KFF | KFF | 2024

This tracker shows state adoption of postpartum Medicaid extensions, a recent chapter in the program’s pregnancy and maternal health history.

Medicaid and Family Planning

Article link | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Medicaid.gov | Historical Overview

Medicaid family planning benefits became an important part of reproductive health policy and state waiver history.