1. Maternal deaths and mortality rates per 100,000 live births. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2024b, July 10). https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/maternal-deaths-and-mortality-rates-per-100000-live-births/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22%3A%22Location%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%22asc%22%7D
2. 2024 State Scorecard on Women’s Health and Reproductive Care. (n.d.). https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/scorecard/2024/jul/2024-state-scorecard-womens-health-and-reproductive-care https://interactives.commonwealthfund.org/2024/Womens+health+scorecard/Florida.pdf
3. Improving Maternal Health by Extending Medicaid Postpartum Coverage. Commonwealth Fund. (2022, December 7). Retrieved December 13, 2022, from https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/improving-maternal-health-extending-medicaid-postpartum-coverage
4. Optimizing Postpartum Care. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (2018, May). https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2018/05/optimizing-postpartum-care#:~:text=The%20comprehensive%20postpartum%20visit%20should,recovery%20from%20birth%3B%20chronic%20disease
5. Medicaid’s role in maternal health. MACPAC. (2024, July 1). https://www.macpac.gov/publication/chapter-5-medicaids-role-in-maternal-health/
6. Medicaid’s Role in Financing Maternity Care. MACPAC (2020, January). https://www.macpac.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Medicaids-Role-in-Financing-Maternity-Care.pdf
7. Park, E., Alker, J., & Corcoran, A. Jeopardizing Sound Investment: Why Short-Term Cuts to Medicaid Coverage During Pregnancy and Childhood Could Result in Long-Term Harm. Commonwealth Fund. (2020, December). https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/Park_Medicaid_short_term_cuts_long_term_effects_ib.pdf
8. Youdelman, M. Q and A: The Legal Immigrant Children’s Health Improvement Act. National Health Law Program. (2013, July 23). https://healthlaw.org/resource/q-a-the-legal-immigrant-childrens-health-improvement-act/
9. Florida Children’s Health Expert Shares Insights on Major Turning Point for Immigrant Kids. Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. (2016, March 23). https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2016/03/23/florida-childrens-health-expert-shares-insights-major-turning-point-immigrant-kids/
10. Medicaid/CHIP Coverage of Lawfully-Residing Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2024, May 1). https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/state-indicator/medicaid-chip-coverage-of-lawfully-residing-immigrant-children-and-pregnant-women/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D
11. Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid and Multiplier. (n.d.). KFF. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/federal-matching-rate-and-multiplier/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D
12. We arrived at this number via the following known data points: Florida is home to 158,000 lawfully residing immigrants with less than 5 years in their current status; women account for 51.9% of all legal permanent residents (LPRs), also known as “Green Card” holders; 42.9% of LPRs are of reproductive age (18-44); 5.58% of women of reproductive age are pregnant in a given year (2019). Formula: 158,000*.51.9= 82,002; 82,002*.429=35,179; 35,179*.055= 1,963 Florida LPRs who give birth annually. Sources: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/covid-19-testing-treatment-immigrants-health-insurance; https://ohss.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/lpr_population_estimates_2015_-_2019.pdf.pdf; https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr012-508.pdf
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