Multiple Democrats are touting plans to expand healthcare access and address the racism that leads to disparate treatment of white and black patients.
released major reports on maternal deaths in the last two years. Celebrities such as tennis superstar Serena Williams and pop sensation Beyonce went public with tales of their own grievous pregnancy complications. In December, President Trump signed a federal law that will help states better compile data on maternal deaths. On Tuesday, two congressional Democrats launched a “Black Maternal Health Caucus.
Her son was born healthy, but the experience nine years ago reinforces what Rutherford, now a nurse practitioner, knows from working in the state’s rural counties: There was plenty of reason for minorities in South Carolina to be distrustful of the medical establishment. The Palmetto State has a swirl of other factors to contend with: a high poverty rate, the state’s decision not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, a large swath of rural counties where hospitals and OB-GYN practices have been closing. It has plowed more energy in recent years into improving its birth outcomes. Hospitals, doctors and advocates meet regularly to share best practices on dealing with pregnancy complications.
South Carolina occupies an outsize importance in the Democratic presidential race — the fourth nominating contest and the first with a large black electorate, starkly contrasting with the Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada electorates that precede it.
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