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Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

by | Apr 16, 2025 |

“Moreover, as Rolonda Donelson powerfully observed in a recent National Partnership for Women & Families blog post, it is problematic to cast abortion as a legally cognizable source of injury when ‘the truth is that those declines are much more likely caused by the states themselves… and their policy shortcomings.’ Thus, ‘characterizing abortion as a ‘harm’ to the state increases misogyny and refuses to hold states accountable for the failures they have caused by not providing social support to children and families already in existence.'”

Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

$738,000 NICU bill—this mom’s story of financial shock shows why U.S. healthcare is failing families – Motherly

by | Feb 10, 2025 |

“Janice’s story isn’t just about one outrageous bill—it’s part of a larger crisis that advocacy groups like March for Moms and The National Partnership for Women & Families are fighting to change. Additionally, legislative efforts like the Momnibus Act aim to address disparities in maternal healthcare costs and outcomes.”

Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

How Much Does It Actually Cost to Give Birth? – The Cut

by | Aug 22, 2024 |

“The point is, don’t freak out over the five-digit bills that show up at first. ‘Those commercial charges are basically a ruse,’ says Carol Sakala, the director of Childbirth Connection programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families. ‘Our research found that hospitals charged over $32,000 for a vaginal birth, on average, but the actual amount paid by the insurance company, the mother, and any other third parties added up to about $18,000. Meanwhile, the out-of-pocket cost is much, much less.'”

Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

When You’re Self-Employed, Determining Maternity Leave Is a Double-Edged Sword – PopSugar

by | Jun 18, 2024 |

“‘There isn’t a national mandate that requires an employer to provide paid family or medical leave,’ says Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy group that focuses on these issues. ‘The FMLA gives you something and it’s important, but it’s only one step in terms of where we need to be.'”

Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

‘Birthing friendly’ label requires little effort by hospitals – Roll Call

by | May 9, 2024 |

“‘Right now, it falls short in terms of what pregnant people would need,’ said Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, vice president of health justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families. ‘Given that the majority of hospitals have gotten the designation because the requirements for it are a pretty low bar, it’s not really a useful distinction even for those consumers that do have a choice,’ Hernández-Cancio said. ‘Because if the majority of the hospitals have it, and all the ones in your area do, it doesn’t make a difference.'”

Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

As the nation battles a maternal health crisis, more women of color are choosing birth centers over hospitals – CNN

by | Dec 9, 2023 |

“While the majority of births in the US still happen in a hospital setting, in 2020 nearly 2% of people chose to give birth in a ‘community birth setting’ such as a birth center or home birth, according to the most recent data from the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit that tracked these trends based on birth certificate data.”

NPWF Condemns Plans to Eviscerate the Department of Health & Human Services

NPWF Endorses CARE For Moms Act

by | Sep 19, 2023 |

NPWF President: “Robust interventions to address the substantial racial inequities in maternal health in the United States are long overdue and require immediate action.”

Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

Pence says he wants to ban abortion and support families but hasn’t specified how – The 19th

by | Jul 24, 2023 |

“”When there have been opportunities to pass the policies that pregnant people and parenting people and families need to thrive, the vast majority of Republicans have opposed them,” said Shaina Goodman, a policy expert with the National Partnership for Women and Families, which has for years championed a federal paid family and medical leave program.”

Lifestyle Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk – BET

Here’s what you need to know about new workplace protections for pregnant, nursing workers – Nebraska Examiner

by | Jan 10, 2023 |

Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said the passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was a win for gender and racial equity. She added, “For far too long, pregnant workers have gone without the critical protections many people need to maintain a healthy pregnancy: protections like the ability to take bathroom breaks during a shift, sit down while working a cash register, or pause to take a drink of water to stay hydrated.”

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