Idaho Maternal and Infant Healthcare Snapshot

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Medicaid Can Keep Idaho’s Health Workforce—and Families—Strong

Every healthy baby needs a healthy mom, and healthy moms need a strong healthcare workforce. Medicaid is health insurance available to low-income children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, and working adults in Idaho. The program is a critical lifeline for pregnant women and babies, ensuring access to vital care they might otherwise go without. It is also a key tool for retaining healthcare providers in rural areas. Medicaid supports healthier pregnancies, a stronger provider network, and a strong start for Idaho’s children.

Con Medicaid, la fuerza laboral de atención médica de Idaho —y las familias— pueden mantenerse fuertes

Todo bebé saludable necesita una madre saludable, y toda madre saludable necesita una fuerza laboral deatención médica que sea fuerte. Medicaid es el seguro médico disponible en Idaho para personas de bajos recursos, incluidos niños, mujeres embarazadas, personas con discapacidades y adultos que trabajan. El programa es un servicio esencial para mujeres embarazadas y bebés, y les garantiza el acceso a cuidados que de otra manera no podrían recibir. Medicaid es también una herramienta clave para retener a los proveedores de atención médica en las áreas rurales. El programa ofrece apoyo para lograr embarazos más saludables, contar con una red de proveedores más robusta y garantizar el desarrollo adecuado de los niños de Idaho.

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Idaho Maternal and Infant Healthcare Report 2023

Idaho Kids Covered originally published our Idaho Maternal and Infant Health Report in the fall of 2022.
One year later, maternal and infant health needs in Idaho have only grown. Yet, when we look at state trends, almost every single health data metric included in our last report has continued in the wrong direction.

More pregnant women, new moms, and babies in our state are dying—but most of these deaths are preventable. Idaho policymakers have the opportunity to consider what the data shows about the needs of families and act now to advance a set of broad state priorities that will improve birth outcomes, the health of infants, and the well-being of moms. Idaho moms and babies simply cannot afford another year of inaction.