Vice President Harris sums up the connection between healthy pregnant folks and a healthy economy
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If a global pandemic makes any lasting, collective change, I personally really hope it has to do with health care, and specifically, the cost of health care and the impossibility of access here in the United States. No matter how hard certain people (RepublicVice President Harris sums up the connection between healthy pregnant folks and a healthy economy
If a global pandemic makes any lasting, collective change, I personally really hope it has to do with health care, and specifically, the cost of health care and the impossibility of access here in the United States. No matter how hard certain people (Republicans) don’t want to acknowledge it, the pandemic has highlighted all of the ways our country is behind when it comes to basic rights, protections, and opportunities, whether that’s linked to affordable child care, paid sick leave, or (gasp) affordable, safe, accessible health care for all. With this in mind, though, it’s important to remember that we have more than one pubic health crisis at play here in the U.S. As Vice President Kamala Harris marked on Tuesday, Dec. 7, for example, reforming and centering maternal health in the U.S. is an “urgent” challenge. She’s introducing the very first White House Maternal Health Day of Action, attempting to rally both public and private sectors in a nationwide action, and the overall push for the Senate to pass the Build Back Better Plan ASAP. Read more
