Breaking down the 2021 Momnibus bill

<p>Early this week, Representatives Lauren Underwood, Alma Adams, Cory Booker, and members of the Black Maternal Health Caucus announced the <a href="https://underwood.house.gov/media/press-releases/underwood-adams-booker-unveil-black-maternal-health-momnibus-act-address"><em>Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021</em></a><em>. </em>The piece of legislation builds on existing maternal health legislation and seeks to mitigate racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes.</p><p><em>Health Affairs</em> editors Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander break down what's new and important in the Momnibus 2.0 bill, noting the inclusion of initiatives to mitigate climate change-related risks for moms and babies and grow the perinatal workforce.<br>  <br><em>Health Affairs</em> is planning a cluster of papers on perinatal mental health, to be published in October of 2021. Don't miss the issue and <a href="https://fulfillment.healthaffairs.org/">subscribe to the journal</a>.</p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li>Saving Moms, Saving Lives (<a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200423.488851/full/"><em>Health Affairs Blog</em></a><em>)</em> </li> <li>Maternal Morbidity And Mortality (<a href="https://orwh.od.nih.gov/sites/orwh/files/docs/ORWH_MMM_Booklet_508C.pdf">National Institutes of Health</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://underwood.house.gov/media/press-releases/underwood-adams-booker-unveil-black-maternal-health-momnibus-act-address">Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 Press Release</a></li> <li>High Rates of Perinatal Insurance Churn Persist After The ACA (<a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190913.387157/full/"><em>Health Affairs Blog</em></a><em>)</em> </li> <li>Maternal Mortality and Maternity Care in the United States Compared to 10 Other Developed Countries (<a href="https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/nov/maternal-mortality-maternity-care-us-compared-10-countries">The Commonwealth Fund</a>)</li> </ul><p><br>