Medical Xpress February 28, 2025
A new study appearing in JAMA Health Forum is the first to show that Black, Hispanic and Asian people with private insurance tend to pay more out-of-pocket for maternity care than white people.
“The average additional spending on medical care from pregnancy through postpartum paid by people who are Black, Hispanic and Asian is significantly more than white people,” said Dr. Rebecca Gourevitch, the study’s lead author and an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Maryland School of Public Health (UMD SPH).
“We found that out-of-pocket costs were highest for Black people overall through pregnancy, delivery and postpartum. The study shows yet another way that people from different racial and ethnic groups...
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