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Could doulas improve maternal health outcomes in the U.S.?

Association of Health Care Journalists

These disparities highlight the urgent need for innovative approaches to maternal care that address not only clinical needs but also the social determinants of health that contribute to these disparities. Despite widely available and accessible services, doula care is still not covered by most health insurance.

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Medicare Advantage Is a Superior Program (Part two)

The Health Care Blog

Those Medicare Advantage members are getting best levels of care now because the actual care that a high percentage of those patients received before enrollment happened when the negative social determinants of health factors were defining and creating their actual care settings in their communities.

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The Network for Public Health Law Introduces Dataset of Enacted Legislation, Highlighting Key Trends in Racial Equity 

The Network for Public Health Law

To this end, the Network identified and analyzed laws based on keyword searches, focusing on racial equity, racism, intergenerational racism, implicit bias, health equity, health disparities, and racial disparities. Washington now requires health equity as a subject for students at the state school of medicine.