Vice President Kamala Harris urges Congress to keep maternal health in the spending package, calls on states to expand Medicaid postpartum coverage.
House Democrats approve a sweeping measure to boost social safety net programs and climate change measures, after a delay from Rep. Kevin McCarthy.“This action will save lives and it will change lives,” Harris said.
Black women had the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation, with around 42 deaths per 100,000 live births between 2014 and 2017, according to the. Hispanic or Latina women had the lowest rates, with nearly 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in the same timeframe. Allyson Felix, an Olympic track star who participated in Tuesday‘s White House event, said in a statement her pregnancy complications risked her and her daughter’s life.
California has long been seen by public health experts as a national example of how to decrease maternal deaths.in 2006 was 16.9 per 100,000 live births, according to the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, which brings state agencies, hospitals and health provider associations together to come up with preventive solutions for pregnancy complications and deaths.bill