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Deb Haaland: “I urge the committee to support this bill that would allow Medicaid reimbursements for doulas and midwives to combat…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
I urge the committee to support this bill that would allow Medicaid reimbursements for doulas and midwives to combat maternal mortality among the nearly two million on Medicaid giving birth each year.
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Deb Haaland
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Haaland advocates for the Mamas First Act to reduce maternal mortality in Native American communities.

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