Postpartum Medicaid : addressing gaps in coverage to improve maternal health Issue brief (Center for Mississippi Health Policy) Medicaid Postnatal Care Receiving medical care at all stages of childbearing from preconception and pregnancy to delivery and postpartum has implications for women's health, infant health, and later episodes of pregnancy. This brief explores the postpartum period when some women are at risk of illness or death due to pregnancy-related complications. Medical care after pregnancy has the potential to address pregnancy-related injury or illness as well as control lingering conditions that could impact a subsequent pregnancy. Jackson, MS : Center for Mississippi Health Policy, February 2021 Center for Mississippi Health Policy, issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101778858-pdf 101778858 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101778858 English Mississippi United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0