Opinion: A country-wide collaboration to address the maternal health crisis
After languishing in the background for far too long, the shockingly high rate of complications and deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the U.S. is beginning to get serious attention. What’s needed to give new proposals and programs on maternal health the traction they need is data.
President Biden’s Covid-19 relief package includes a provision to mitigate maternal mortality by extending Medicaid coverage for women for two years after they’ve given birth. There is also momentum to continue this coverage expansion beyond two years. And the Black Maternal Health Caucus has introduced the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 which, among other items, would address social determinants of maternal health such as housing, transportation, and nutrition, factors known to have a direct impact on the health and well-being of mothers and infants.
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