MedPage Today – by Joyce Frieden
CHICAGO — Medicaid coverage for undocumented pregnant women, as well as those up to 12 months’ postpartum, garnered intense debate at a Sunday reference committee hearing during the virtual American Medical Association (AMA) special meeting of its House of Delegates.
The debate came during a discussion of a resolution from the Medical Student Section asking the AMA to support extended Medicaid coverage to pregnant women up to 12 months’ postpartum, and to “work with relevant stakeholders to expand Medicaid eligibility for pregnant and postpartum non-citizen immigrants.” Don Cinotti, MD, an alternate delegate from the American Academy of Ophthalmology who was speaking for the Section Council on Ophthalmology and the Surgical Caucus, said the group objected to the way the resolution was written. Continue reading “AMA Delegates Spar Over Medicaid Coverage for Undocumented Pregnant Women”
