700 new moms die each year in the U.S. Could Medicaid help?
The United States ranks as one of the most dangerous developed nations to become pregnant and give birth, especially for women of color -- and data shows the life-threatening risk doesn’t end once mom and baby have left the hospital.
Why is the risk of death during pregnancy going up in the U.S.?
The 15-year trend in the U.S. not only runs counter to the worldwide rate, but to that in most other industrialized countries.
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Why are more women dying from childbirth in the U.S. than in Saudi Arabia or the UK?
The United States is the only advanced economy in the world with an increasing number of women who die in childbirth. In fact, a woman giving birth in the U.S. is twice as likely to die than in Saudi Arabia…
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