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Pathways to improving maternal health in Texas emerging

from Reform Austin

Pathways to improving maternal health in Texas emerging Reform Austin Too many Texas women face poor pregnancy outcomes, especially women of color, but with the 2021 legislative session just around the corner, advocates see opportunity for improvement. According to a 2019 study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, Texas has more uninsured women of reproductive age than any other state in the nation. “Texas has an un-insurance problem,” said Dr. Eileen Nehme of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and the Postpartum Access to Healthcare Project Community Health Lead at the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies. A new study done by Nehme’s group could serve as a roadmap for increasing access to public health care coverage for uninsured, postpartum women in Texas and for legislative action to help them. READ MORE

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