During the hearing, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Rep. Dianna DeGette (D-CO) offered their discussion draft, the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, which I believe is a good bill that will help protect pregnant and postpartum mothers.pic.twitter.com/91ezlXlkUc
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While the bill is an important first step, the reality is that nearly one in seven women of childbearing age in the United States remains uninsured. In addition, maternal mortality disproportionately affects Black women three times higher than white women.https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/15/health/black-women-maternal-mortality/index.html …
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Last year, I introduced the Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act, H.R. 2688, in order to incentivize states to provide critical Medicaid coverage for uninsured Americans and avoid the kinds of tragedies that have led to the rising rate of maternal mortality in my home state.pic.twitter.com/NnxwK5KOsj
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Only 62 percent of Texas mothers received prenatal care during the first trimester in 2015 – short of the 77 percent goal that Texas health officials set under the Healthy People 2020 initiative. Our committee can and must do more to protect our nation’s mothers.
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