“I used to say that outcomes are gonna be worse,” Rogers said. “And that’s a nice, polite euphemism for babies are going to die and mothers are going to die in emergency rooms because of a lack of prenatal care and a lack of obstetrical care.”
“I used to say that outcomes are gonna be worse,” Rogers said. “And that’s a nice, polite euphemism for babies are going to die and mothers are going to die in emergency rooms because of a lack of prenatal care and a lack of obstetrical care.”
So on its face, this doesn’t look like something deliberately targeting ob/gyn services, and seems more like a poorly thought out but necessary band-aid to keep open rural hospitals that would otherwise close. The lack of Medicaid funding certainly doesn’t help, but this seems to be a complicated issue that doesn’t have a single, obvious, easy-button answer.
Oh wait, yes there is, one that most other developed countries have had for a long time: Medicare For All.