Posted June, 12 2019 by Amanda Dunker
Guest Post by Tess Solomon, Community Catalyst New York’s legislative session is almost done for the year. Before the session ends, HCFANY is urging passage of three bills that will give New York consumers input into local hospital decisions: one bill gives consumers a greater voice when hospital close entirely or eliminate emergency or maternity […]
Posted May, 21 2019 by Amanda Dunker
Just a few months ago, we celebrated the passage of the Reproductive Health Act. In New York, women are no longer forced to carry unviable pregnancies to term and the language regulating abortion is in the Health Code, where it belongs. But we’ve watched horrified while states across the country impose extreme abortion bans. We’ve […]
Posted May, 17 2019 by Amanda Dunker
However, a new pilot program launched by Governor Cuomo is expanding Medicaid coverage for doulas. Doulas are trained professionals that serve as a physical and emotional support to women before, during, and after pregnancy, and also help to connect them with other social supports. As we discussed yesterday, the United States is the only developed […]
Posted May, 16 2019 by Amanda Dunker
We’ve been talking about racial disparities this week, and there may be no other area where racial disparities are as stark as maternal and infant mortality (read our first two posts here and here). The United States in general has shockingly high rates of maternal mortality and we’re the only developed country in which the […]