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January 3, 2019
2017-2018 Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Maternal and Infant Health and Mortality
Amy Chen, Dhara Patel, and Nicole Strombom Fact Sheet
Mothers in the United States are dying during childbirth and the one year postpartum period at an alarming rate, and more frequently than mothers in similarly situated countries. The situation is particularly critical for Black women, who are three to four times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to…
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January 2, 2019
The Ethical & Religious Directives: What the 2018 Update Means for Catholic Hospital Mergers
Hayley Penan and Amy Chen Fact Sheet
The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs) are directives promulgated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to govern Catholic health facilities. The ERDs present “a theological basis for the Catholic health care ministry” and govern the way health care is delivered in Catholic…
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December 14, 2018
Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care
Amy Chen Manual/Report
Racism and racial bias in health care have helped contribute to what is now coming to be understood as a national crisis of maternal deaths for women of color, in particular Black and Indigenous/U.S. Indian women. The statistics are shocking: Black women are three to four times as likely…
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March 26, 2018
In Face of Hostile Trump Administration, Washington State Takes Action to Protect and Expand Access to Reproductive Health Care
Liz McCaman Taylor california, Uncategorized
Washington state recently passed a suite of laws that expand and protect access to quality, affordable reproductive health care. These critical victories, many of which came after several years of community advocacy, are part of a larger trend of state legislation aiming to bolster protections for contraceptive coverage, abortion…
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April 16, 2017
How Medicaid Expansion Benefits Maternal and Child Health
Amy Chen Issue Brief
The expansion of Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act has improved "maternal and child health by providing a valuable source of coverage for women of reproductive age, particularly for preconception and interconception health care," write Senior Attorney Amy Chen and Health Law Fellow Daphne Wilson in an issue…
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February 10, 2017
Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)
Amy Chen Issue Brief
Cutting the funding of Medicaid, whether through block grants or a per capita caps, will result in yanking vital health care coverage from pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid. In this issue of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, it is noted that Medicaid funds almost half of all births in…
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2017-2018 Federal Legislative Proposals Relating to Maternal and Infant Health and Mortality

The Ethical & Religious Directives: What the 2018 Update Means for Catholic Hospital Mergers

Routes to Success for Medicaid Coverage of Doula Care

In Face of Hostile Trump Administration, Washington State Takes Action to Protect and Expand Access to Reproductive Health Care

How Medicaid Expansion Benefits Maternal and Child Health

Protect Medicaid Funding: Pregnant Women, Issue 11 (Updated March 2017)