Medicaid coverage for new moms gaining support in GOP states
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gives the State of the State address, Jan. 10, 2023, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. Noem vetoed a proposal Thursday, March 2, 2023, that would have hiked taxes on temporary lodging in business improvement districts and given individual cities local control. (Erin Woodiel/The Argus Leader via AP, File)
By AMANDA SEITZ
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — After years of refusing to expand Medicaid benefits for new moms, Republican officials in more than a half-dozen states are now reversing course and trumpeting that coverage as central to their conservative, anti-abortion agenda....
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