South Bend Tribune: Viewpoint: Medicaid Expansion a Key to Deliver on Black Maternal Health

A recent report from CareQuest Institute for Oral Health shows that the maternal health crisis is actually worsening. In 2020, 861 pregnant individuals died of maternal causes in the US, an increase from 754 women in 2019. Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women are 2.9 and 2.5 times more likely, respectively, to die from pregnancy-related causes than non-Hispanic white women. Additionally, US infants born to Black and Native American mothers are 62% more likely to be born preterm than those born to white women. 

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