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Leaders in the Florida House and Senate have agreed to spend millions of dollars on an extension of Medicaid after birth.
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According to the Agency for Health Care Administration, nearly 100,000 mothers were lost after the 60 days in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Thirty percent identified as Black.
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For decades, women in Florida who give birth and don’t have health insurance have been eligible for two months of Medicaid, the public health program.
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The Florida Department of Health says 541 mothers died from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in the state over the past decade. They say hemorrhages were the leading cause. A lack of access to maternal care is to blame.
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One of the most underreported stories of 2017 is the shocking rate of maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States, which is rising steadily…