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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLauren Underwood tweet on the inclusion of her "Momnibus" legislation in the Build Back Better.....
....bill. Good job Representative Underwood!
Link to tweet
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)And does the work. Young, intelligent, and she gets things done!
whathehell
(28,968 posts)We think she's great
brer cat
(24,401 posts)snowybirdie
(5,190 posts)I know AOC and the Squad get all the press, but they haven't gotten any serious legislation enacted. She just works for her constituents. And she won't show up at a millionaire ball in a designer ballgown.
mopinko
(69,803 posts)did you need that to make your point?
snowybirdie
(5,190 posts)I believe she made a mistake by going to that ball. She tries to be a spokesperson for her constituents who are in the inner city. Going to that hedonistic party hurts her image, IMO. I'd think the same about any congressperson who went and wore a ball gown or a tux.
Budi
(15,325 posts)*Provides $175 million in funding for local entities to address social determinants of maternal health like housing, nutrition, and environmental conditions including a minimum of $75 million exclusively for community-based organizations working to promote maternal health equity.
*Provides $275 million to grow and diversify the perinatal health workforce, including nurses, midwives, physicians, doulas, and maternal mental and behavioral health professionals including $50 million specifically for doulas.
*Provides $100 million for maternal mental health equity grant programs.
Provides $85 million to address the impacts of climate change-related maternal and infant health risks through health professional schools.
*Provides $50 million to advance maternal health research at Minority-Serving Institutions like Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and AAPISIs.
*Provides $50 million to promote representative community engagement in Maternal Mortality Review Committees.
*Provides $160 million to strengthen federal maternal health programs like the CDCs Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies program, Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality (ERASE MM), Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
*Provides $60 million to expand access to digital tools and technologies that promote maternal health equity.
*Provides $25 million for bias trainings among health care professionals.
The Build Back Better legislation also includes a mandatory provision that will make federal funds permanently available for states to spend on expanded postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage to one year in every state, with full state plan benefits throughout pregnancy and the yearlong postpartum period.
*A more complete summary of the legislation can be found here.
https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/media/press-releases/black-maternal-health-caucus-co-chairs-underwood-and-adams-celebrate-historic
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Budi
(15,325 posts)This fits with Rep Underwood's healthcare background.
hibbing
(10,076 posts)3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)...mom properly.
George II
(67,782 posts)3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)I have resisted the temptation to stick a note on their door asking if they only have a single patient - . I haven't done it yet, but may yield to temptation some day.
And, I would like to stop at every mailbox I see that does this wrong and correct it with a marker. Tell the owners, "You, as a couple, are the Smiths. Your mailbox is the Smiths' mailbox.
Oh, well..........................