“Momnibus Act” Confronts Maternal Health Crisis As GOP Decimates Women’s Health Care Access
Photos: Cedars-Sinai\Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Representatives Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), Alma Adams (D-NC-12), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Momnibus Act, a package of 14 bills to address the root causes of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities. The United States is in the middle of a maternal health crisis, with the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations. While this crisis affects women across the country, Black women face especially alarming risks and are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women. Most pregnancy-related deaths are preventable with timely, high-quality care, but Donald Trump and Republicans have launched an all-out assault on American health care. Republicans cut funding for the program that funds care for over 40 percent of births. They have slashed over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, shuttering over 40 maternity care providers such as labor and delivery units, and ended the health care tax credits, driving up costs and stripping coverage away from women who can least afford to lose it. In response, Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse released the following statement: “Far too many women in the United States face preventable complications and barriers to care during pregnancy and childbirth, putting mothers and families at unnecessary risk. Yet instead of strengthening our health care system, Donald Trump and Republicans are setting women’s health back decades, slashing coverage, driving up costs, and making it harder for families to get the care they need. “Every mother deserves the chance to have a safe and healthy pregnancy. The Momnibus would help ensure that every woman — regardless of race, income, or ZIP code — can access safe, affordable, high-quality maternity care.” Background REPORT: Republicans Are Celebrating Women’s History Month by Gutting Women’s Health Care
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Photos: Cedars-Sinai\Wikimedia Commons
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Representatives Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), Alma Adams (D-NC-12), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Momnibus Act, a package of 14 bills to address the root causes of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities. The United States is in the middle of a maternal health crisis, with the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations. While this crisis affects women across the country, Black women face especially alarming risks and are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.
Most pregnancy-related deaths are preventable with timely, high-quality care, but Donald Trump and Republicans have launched an all-out assault on American health care. Republicans cut funding for the program that funds care for over 40 percent of births. They have slashed over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, shuttering over 40 maternity care providers such as labor and delivery units, and ended the health care tax credits, driving up costs and stripping coverage away from women who can least afford to lose it.
In response, Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse released the following statement:
“Far too many women in the United States face preventable complications and barriers to care during pregnancy and childbirth, putting mothers and families at unnecessary risk. Yet instead of strengthening our health care system, Donald Trump and Republicans are setting women’s health back decades, slashing coverage, driving up costs, and making it harder for families to get the care they need.
“Every mother deserves the chance to have a safe and healthy pregnancy. The Momnibus would help ensure that every woman — regardless of race, income, or ZIP code — can access safe, affordable, high-quality maternity care.”
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REPORT: Republicans Are Celebrating Women’s History Month by Gutting Women’s Health Care
