US: Federal and State Policymakers Must Address Alarmingly High Maternal Mortality Rates and Racial Disparities (Opinion)
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families Blog – September 13, 2021
The United States has an unacceptably high maternal mortality rate and it is getting worse. The latest data from the CDC shows that maternal mortality increased significantly between 2018 and 2019, topping out at the highest recorded rate since the agency began tracking the rate more than 30 years ago. A country’s maternal mortality rate is a key measure of how we’re doing as a society on health. And the alarming U.S. rate-higher than any other industrialized nation-shows us that we are not doing well.
Also: Report: Medicaid Expansion Narrows Maternal Health Coverage Gaps, But Racial Disparities Persist: https://bit.ly/3lkUFTO

Federal and State Policymakers Must Address Alarmingly High Maternal Mortality Rates and Racial Disparities