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Monday, July 19th, 2021

Combatting the Black Maternal Health Crisis

Author:     Kate Silver
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     06.22.2021
 Link: Combatting the Black Maternal Health Crisis
Stephan:   Yes, another report illustrating once again the failure of the American illness profit system. We are so corrupted by corporate greed that Americans, who don't seem to understand or realize this, think the propaganda put out by the medical corporations is accurate and that the United States has the best medical system in the world, when, in fact, the World Health Organization ranks us as 37th. And, at the same time, we are by orders of magnitude the most expensive system on earth.

In the U.S., it’s more dangerous to have a baby in 2021 than it was in 2000. Compared with other high-income countries, the U.S. ranks as one of the worst in maternal mortality, with nearly 700 deaths per year, most of which are preventable, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund.

This crisis has a disproportionate impact on people of color: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that Black women are three times more likely to die than white women because of reasons related to pregnancy. Across the world, maternal deaths are decreasing, but in the U.S., a steady rise in maternal mortality has been building into a full-blown health crisis.

To address these challenges and identify possible solutions, several leading voices on this issue gathered in May for POLITICO’s virtual event, “POLITICO’s Health Care Innovators: Fixing America’s Maternal Health Crisis” presented by CVS Health.Video Player is loading.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.471.1_en.html#goog_898323018PauseUnmuteCurrent Time 0:09/Duration 55:54Loaded: 0.29% ShareCaptionsFullscreen

Dr. Juliet Nevins, clinical solutions medical director with Aetna, a CVS company, called the crisis “a vicious cycle.” She said women of color enter pregnancy with higher rates of chronic diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes, […]

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