Proposed Medicaid cuts risk making the Black maternal health crises worse.

Medicaid cuts risk worsening Black maternal health crisis Advocates are warning lawmakers that the proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will leave millions of pregnant Black women at a heightened risk of death, worsening the maternal mortality crisis an… bconradis The Hill

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Last month, the House budget resolution proposed up to $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid over a decade, which would also lead to cuts to Medicare. 

But advocates say Medicaid is a vital resource for cutting into the maternal mortality disparities.  

“We often see these cuts as: We’re making sure that people who ‘don’t deserve’ these programs are not getting it. But in actuality, it’s disproportionately going to impact people of color, women of color,” Rolonda Donelson, Huber Reproductive Health Equity legal fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families, told The Hill. ...