Health Affairs September 12, 2024
Recent Media On The Maternal Health Crisis
Not only the magnitude, but the mere existence, of a US maternal mortality crisis has recently been challenged, and we are at a critical juncture. Headlines such as “The maternal-mortality crisis that didn’t happen” and “Study says US maternal death rate crisis is really a case of bad data“ have set off a controversy that threatens to halt the progress we have made over the past decade to find policy solutions to the US maternal health crisis, which is marked by entrenched racial inequities. At this moment, the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act (S1606/HR3305)—a package of 13 bills aiming to improve maternal health equity in the US—is currently in committee. Meanwhile, states are...
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