Senate Budget Would Throw Thousands of Pregnant Women Off of Medicaid

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• The NC Senate budget includes a provision that would change Medicaid eligibility requirements for pregnant women. Starting in 2014, pregnant women earning more than 133 percent of federal poverty level (about $15,282 for a single person) will no longer qualify for Medicaid.
• This change will throw thousands of pregnant women off of Medicaid and into the private insurance market.
• This move will hurt efforts to reduce infant mortality rates