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Maternal mortality rates higher in red states
Posted: Jan 17, 2015
Today, more U.S. women die in childbirth and from pregnancy-related causes than at almost any point in the last 25 years. The United States is the one of only seven countries in the entire world that has experienced an increase in maternal mortality over the past decade (we join the likes of Afghanistan and South Sudan), and mothers in Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Serbia and Greece (among many other countries) have a better chance of surviving pregnancy than do women in the United States.
The Affordable Care Act is providing much-needed health coverage to many poor women for whom it was previously out of reach and if fully implemented could certainly help stem maternal deaths. But conservative members of Congress are doing their best to make it as ineffective as possible for the people who need it the most. Nearly 60 percent of uninsured Black Americans who should qualify for Medicaid live in states that are not participating in Medicaid expansion. And a recent study found that as a result of conservative opposition to expansion, 40 percent of uninsured Blacks who should have Medicaid coverage will not get it (compared to 24 percent of uninsured Hispanics and 29 percent of uninsured whites).
Unconscionable.
https://jollyfem.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/inequality-and-maternal-death/
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Are you serious? - sm
[ In Reply To ..]What about the infant mortality rate, i.e., the killing of the unborn.
Funny you should ask. Red Pro-Life states have higher - Infant mortality rates
[ In Reply To ..]and lowest life expectancy in addition to the highest maternal mortality rates when compared to blue states. I guess the right likes to pick and choose which infant mortality rates actually matter to them and which ones they sweep under the rug. We already knew moms are of little consequence to them and that once fetuses become liveborn infants, they're expected to fend for themselves, orphans or not, since red states also have higher childhood hunger and poverty rates and lower educational rates than the blue states.
Those are probably states where - ILLEGAL ALIENS
[ In Reply To ..]dwell. After receiving no or poor prenatal care in their own countries, they come here to have their babies and get freebies, but it's probably too late by then.
Wrong. Bible Belt Pro-Lifers don't attract too many - undocumented immigrants
[ In Reply To ..]Red state enforcement is rather (oh, what's the word?) zealous. They're kind of fond of racial profiling down there (had a lot of practice) and don't pay much attention to probable cause. They're a highly suspicious bunch, if not downright paranoid, so they end up actually arresting a lot of citizens and those with legal status. It's a bit hard to procreate from detention. They don't have conjugal visits there, being the Bible Belt and all.
Nosiree. We can chalk this up to the usual suspects: Failed red state "austerity" measures, poverty, hunger, dependence on federal tax dollars/Christian social conservative dichotomy, and good old fashioned callous indifference toward the needy.
Average national infant mortality rate is 6.8
IMR=Infant Mortality Rate
UAP=Undocumented immigrant population percentage
Mississippi has a 10.6 IMR and 1.4 UIP.
Louisiana has a 10.0 IMR and 1.6 UIP.
Alabama has 9.1IMR and 2.5 UIP.
South Carolina has a 9.0 IMR and 1.2 UIP.
Tennessee has 8.7 IMR and 2.2 UIP.
North Carolina has 8.5 IMR and 3.5 UIP.
Georgia has 8.2 IMR and 4.4 UIP.
Arkansas has 7.3 IMR and 1.8 UIP.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/02/map_illegal_immigrant_population_by_state.html
Are some people aware that Medicaid expansion - ProMT
[ In Reply To ..]is welfare? There are more people on welfare and food stamps today than ever. This is Obama's legacy: The welfare and food stamp president!
It's not "welfare" if you need it in order to - be able to see a doctor.
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Ask us if we care. Three words. - Corporate welfare queens.
[ In Reply To ..]Where's the outrage? Prefer to subsidize food and health over price gouging corporate tax cheats any day. Refer to chart on page 4 linked below.
And that, dear voters, is why the crats should NOT have - the WH, Senate or House.
[ In Reply To ..]...to take a cue from another poster lower, yes lower, down on the board.
The only problem with that thinking - is
[ In Reply To ..]when election time rolls around, despite that "corporations are people, too" thingy, they can't vote. The 1% may be really good at hoarding money, but when it comes to turning 1% into 51%, they are clueless. As beleaguered as they are, the Middle Class knows what's up and still understands the ballot box all too well.
Wow, that was original. - .nm.
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