U.S. Healthcare is Worse than Syria—Fix It.

I am appalled by the high maternal mortality rate in states that ban abortion. The average maternal mortality in the United States in 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births. Mississippi is 82, Louisiana is 61, and Alabama is 57. According to the CIA World Factbook, in Azerbaijan, it's 41, Jordan 41, Mongolia 39, and Syria 30. At least 4 million people have been wrongfully removed from Medicaid for paperwork issues, many of them children. The current healthcare system is failing way too many people. We shouldn't put up roadblocks to healthcare; we must make it more accessible. The cure is in our hands. The cure is ready access to healthcare wherever you are: H.R. 3421, improved Medicare for All, has budgeted building out the infrastructure. The cure is to remove copays, deductibles, and preauthorizations: H.R. 421, improved Medicare for All, does that. Authorizing reproductive healthcare for all of the U.S. will improve maternal mortality: The Women's Health Protection Act does that. Removing the roadblocks to care for so many, the social determinants of health: The Black Momnibus bill does that. I want you to cosponsor and pass H.R. 3421, the improved Medicare for All Act, the Women's Health Protection Act, and the Black Momnibus bill now. Act like people's lives depend upon it because they do.