Low-Income Women's Access to Family Planning

Missouri provides increased access to family planning services through a Section 1115 waiver.  The waiver allows the state to cover family planning services for one year for all women losing eligibility after the 60-day postpartum period.

Beneficiaries of family planning coverage available through the waiver, who have incomes between 150-300% of the federal poverty level are not required to pay premiums or co-payments for covered services.  Covered services include: contraception counseling, devices, pharmaceuticals, and implants; pap smears and pelvic exams; and sexually transmitted diseases testing and treatment.

The waiver will expire on Sept. 30, 2010.

Medicaid Waivers and Demonstrations List, Details for Mo. Family Planning 1115 Waiver, Ctrs. for Medicare and Medicaid Services,  at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/MWDL/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=-99&sortByDID=2&sortOrder=ascending&itemID=CMS1200490&intNumPerPage=10 (last visited Dec. 5, 2008); Mo. Statewide Health Reform Demonstration Fact Sheet, Ctrs. for Medicare and Medicaid Servs., Nov. 15, 2007 at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/MWDL/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=-99&sortByDID=2&sortOrder=ascending&itemID=CMS1200490&intNumPerPage=10 (last visited Dec. 5, 2008);
NARAL Pro-Choice America Survey of State Medicaid Offices