Fix Rural Hospitals and Maternal and Infant Health

I am your constituent and I just learned that in the last 10 years 200 rural hospitals have closed their maternity services - infrastructure costs are too high for them to be profitable. Another 600 rural hospitals are at risk of closing altogether. This will increase time to get maternity services, and the longer the time the greater the increase in maternal mortality and infant mortality. Here is the report for you to read. https://ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/downloads/Rural_Maternity_Care_Crisis.pdf Good news - you can fix it with HR 3421, the much improved Medicare for All Act. It supports global budgets that are regionally administered to provide that infrastructures are in place to serve their community. You have a chance to save women and babies. Step up and implement HR 3421. Thank you.