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August 26, 2019
Legislative Proposals Addressing Maternal Mortality
Daniel Young Uncategorized
Despite having one of the world’s most advanced health care systems, the United States is experiencing a crisis of maternal morbidity and mortality. There are approximately 700 deaths from pregnancy-related complications in the United States every year and sixty percent of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. As with many health…
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August 26, 2019
Women are Dying in Childbirth: Doulas are Part of the Solution
Alexis Robles-Fradet Health Equity, Uncategorized
Women are dying from pregnancy related complications in the U.S. at a higher rate than any other developed country. In this disturbing trend, Black women are especially at risk, dying at 3 to 4 times the rate of their non-Latinx white counterparts. Income and education levels are not protective.…
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August 20, 2019
Issue Brief: A Guide to Proposed and Enacted Legislation for Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care
Alexis Robles-Fradet Issue Brief
As maternal mortality is increasingly recognized as a national health crisis, especially for women of color, providing doula services to pregnant people is being upheld as a means of reducing high rates of maternal mortality in the U.S. Although we know that maternal mortality impacts Black women at every…
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July 19, 2019
Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?
Susan Berke Fogel Webinar
On May 2, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final version of its conscience rule. This updated rule purports to authorize individual health care workers and institutions to refuse to provide certain services by citing a religious or conscientious objection. Such leeway may have…
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June 20, 2019
Our 50th Birthday Prompts Reflection on the Battle to Bring Health Care Reform to the U.S.
Elizabeth G. Taylor Homepage
Editor’s Note: This National Health Law Program blog post was first published as a series of posts by Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor, but have been combined and re-published as one long-form blog post. The post delves into National Health Law Program achievements, and its challenges as it continues…
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March 26, 2019
The Doula Difference: State and Federal Bills Aim at Reducing Maternal Health Disparities through Doula Services
Dhara Patel Health Equity, SRH Health Equity, Uncategorized
Dhara Patel is an intern for the National Health Law Program, working on issues related to reproductive health.As I scrolled through the stories of women who had pregnancy-related deaths on ProPublica’s Lost Mothers page, a surge of emotions overwhelmed me. The numbers and statistics we typically use when discussing…
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Legislative Proposals Addressing Maternal Mortality

Issue Brief: A Guide to Proposed and Enacted Legislation for Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care

Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?

Our 50th Birthday Prompts Reflection on the Battle to Bring Health Care Reform to the U.S.

The Doula Difference: State and Federal Bills Aim at Reducing Maternal Health Disparities through Doula Services

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Legislative Proposals Addressing Maternal Mortality

Women are Dying in Childbirth: Doulas are Part of the Solution

Issue Brief: A Guide to Proposed and Enacted Legislation for Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care

Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?

Our 50th Birthday Prompts Reflection on the Battle to Bring Health Care Reform to the U.S.

The Doula Difference: State and Federal Bills Aim at Reducing Maternal Health Disparities through Doula Services