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June 2, 2023
[Webinar] Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights and Justice
Jasmine Young and Madeline Morcelle Student Webinars
This session provides an overview of Medicaid and private insurance coverage of the full range of reproductive health services, and explores current reproductive health and justice issues. Slides for Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights and Justice Recommended Resources for Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights and Justice Recording for Reproductive…
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April 11, 2022
Fostering Maternal Health Equity Through Budget Reconciliation
Madeline Morcelle Health Equity, SRH Health Equity
Three Critical Opportunities for The Next PackageThe United States has the worst maternal mortality ratio among high-income countries. For over two decades, we have been one of only two countries to report a significant increase in maternal mortality rates. Most of these deaths are preventable. While this epidemic is…
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November 3, 2021
Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act
Elizabeth G. Taylor Press Release
The National Health Law Program joined dozens of organizations calling on Congress to include strong maternal health provisions in the Build Back Better Act. Click on the download button to read quotes from additional partner organizations. “The National Health Law Program calls on Congress to pass the Build Back…
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June 28, 2021
Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result
Madeline Morcelle Article
Expanding Medicaid is an urgent moral, anti-racist, health equity, reproductive justice, and economic imperative. Yet today, policymakers in twelve states refuse to do so—a discriminatory political choice intertwined with racism in policymaking. The result is the Medicaid coverage gap: an estimated 4.4 million people with low incomes—nearly all of…
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May 6, 2021
State Momnibus Bills Take Aim at the Black Maternal Mortality Epidemic
Helen Mun* and Madeline Morcelle california, Health Equity, Homepage, SRH Health Equity
Our country is in the throes of a Black maternal mortality epidemic. Black birthing people are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than their white counterparts. Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created new and worsened existing barriers to health care and…
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April 14, 2021
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. We Need Bold Federal Legislative Solutions to Save Black Lives
Madeline Morcelle and Helen Mun* california, Health Equity, Homepage, SRH Health Equity
The people closest to the problems are closest to the solutionsIt’s Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW)—a time for awareness, activism, and community building to deepen the national conversation about the Black maternal mortality and morbidity epidemic and commit to community-driven solutions. NHeLP joined Black Mamas Matter Alliance, the National…
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[Webinar] Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights and Justice

Fostering Maternal Health Equity Through Budget Reconciliation

Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act

Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result

State Momnibus Bills Take Aim at the Black Maternal Mortality Epidemic

It’s Black Maternal Health Week. We Need Bold Federal Legislative Solutions to Save Black Lives