DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.3836 ISSN: 2689-0186

Medicaid Work Requirements and Maternal Health—Exempt but Unprotected

Jamie R. Daw, Sarah H. Gordon

This Viewpoint discusses how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) will undermine maternal health by disrupting preconception coverage and care, reducing access to family planning services, and introducing administrative complexity that exposes pregnant women to erroneous disenrollment.

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