Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Black and Hispanic people paid more in out-of-pocket costs for maternal care than Asian and white people with the same commercial insurance, a new study published in JAMA Health Forum found.</p><p>Why it matters: Black mothers in the U.S. face a pregnancy-related death rate that is more than three times the rate for white mothers. About 80% of these deaths are preventable."</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/maternity-costs-racial-ethnic-differences-study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/03/maternity</span><span class="invisible">-costs-racial-ethnic-differences-study</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/copayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copayments</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ReproductiveHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ReproductiveJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveJustice</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pregnancy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/prenatal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prenatal</span></a></p>