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The only thing worse than a presidency that runs on pandering is a presidency that doesn’t even pander consistently.
Hello, President Joe Biden!
The president’s 2022 fiscal year budget supplants the word “mothers” with the absurd, dehumanizing term “birthing people” in a section outlining the administration’s plans for public health funding.
Comically enough, the section still uses the word “maternal,” which comes from the Latin (“mater”) for “mother.” It’s not just stupid pandering to a very specific niche of the Democratic base. It s also inconsistent
. What’s even the point of using “birthing people” if you’re still going to use “maternal”?
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As Spencer reported earlier this week, President Joe Biden s budget proposal removes the term women and replaces it with birthing people. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, with an unacceptably high mortality rate for Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and other women of color. To help end this high rate of maternal mortality and race-based disparities in outcomes among birthing people and in addition to the investment in maternal health included in the American Families Plan the Budget includes more than $200 million to: reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates nationwide; bolster Maternal Mortality Review Committees; expand the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies program; help cities place early childhood development experts in pediatrician offices with a high percentage of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program patients; implement implicit bias training for healthcare p
Monday, May 3, 2021
Continued efforts to boost COVID-19 relief funding, as well as the Biden administration’s ambitious policy agenda, have sparked a wave of changes impacting the health care landscape. This GT Alert contains notable updates, including unprecedented funding opportunities and health care budget proposals.
American Families Plan
On April 28, 2021, President Biden unveiled the details of the “American Families Plan,” the much-anticipated second phase of the administration’s larger federal infrastructure package. The plan calls for $1 trillion in new spending and $800 billion in new tax credits. Leading up to the release of the plan, there was ongoing speculation over whether health care proposals would be included in the package, and if so, to what extent. Some Democrats pushed the president in recent weeks to include sweeping health care policy changes in the plan, including addressing drug pricing and reducing the Medicare eligibility age. However
The Biden administration has invited all states to provide full Medicaid benefits during pregnancy and the extended postpartum period. NNPA NEWSWIRE
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have announced actions to strengthen health equity and address racial disparities in maternal health through increased investment in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity.Â
The White House said the presidentâs discretionary funding request includes significant funding to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates, improve health equity, and end race based disparities nationwide, including:
Investing $200 million to implement implicit bias training for health care providers; create state pregnancy medical home programs; bolster Maternal Mortality Review Committees; expand the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) program; and help cities place early childhood development experts in pediatrician offices with a