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We receive a large number of immigrants who arrive pregnant and already in poor health. They are high risk upon arrival. But that's only part of it.
Medicaid serves low income women during pregnancy but only for 6 weeks afterward. The report found that most women who died post-birth did after the 42 day mark. So it's obvious that women aren't receiving enough postpartum care.
If only there was a network of healthcare providers who focus on making sure low-income women receive the proper post-natal healthcare they need so they don't do things like die after childbirth...
If only there was a network of healthcare providers who focus on making sure low-income women receive the proper post-natal healthcare they need so they don't do things like die after childbirth...
Why the snark? You appear more interested in a snitfest than actual discussion.
Texas is also number one in incoming migrants from Mexico, Central, and South America. I'm sure it occurred to you that our statistics would naturally reflect inflated numbers due to this fact.
yes your statistics would be effected by that. But by how much? Where are your numbers?
If you wish to claim the Texas numbers are effected by incoming migrants you need to do more than point out there are some.
This is deserving of more study which the Tea Party made sure would not go forward. Black women accounted to 11 percent of births but 28% of deaths, why wouldn't they be interested in studying this further.
This is in opposition to the hypotheticals that it is new Hispanic immigrants.
The thing about Texas is that it is, in theory, one of the wealthiest places on planet earth. They have money flowing from fracking, oil, chemicals and lots of other industries.
They have the money to build a decent society. And yet they are dead last and not willing to do anything about it. They also have a low rank in education and other metrics - especially considering their resources.
This is what happens when the billionaires and oil men run things. It's so obvious that it amazes me that so-called "thinking conservatives" can't see it. It's the opposite of civilization.
They should be ashamed of themselves - but they are too busy working to loosen up more gun laws.
It's not what you have (Texas has money, land and lots of smart people) - but what you DO with what you have. In that metric, Texas health care is a failure.
Folks should think about that and compare the statistics to a state like MA. where Obamacare (RomneyCare) has been in force for 10 years.
Don't believe in the war on women? Well, the experts say "the doubling of mortality rates in a two-year period was hard to explain “in the absence of war, natural disaster, or severe economic upheaval”.
So Texas managed to accomplish the nearly impossible task of killing more women than thought possible in normal times.
#1 Isn't it anti-intellectual to break a region off of a country and then compare it to countries? Couldn't I break regions off of Russia for example and find worse statistics?
#2 Isn't it anti-intellectual to ignore that much of the spike comes from immigrant mothers on the move coming up from destitute circumstances in developing countries?
#1 Isn't it anti-intellectual to break a region off of a country and then compare it to countries? Couldn't I break regions off of Russia for example and find worse statistics?
#2 Isn't it anti-intellectual to ignore that much of the spike comes from immigrant mothers on the move coming up from destitute circumstances in developing countries?
They broke off for the summer, this will be unaddressed and they do not know the cause. It should have received their attention but it did not.
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