Health Insurance and Differences in Infant Mortality Rates in the US

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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2810646

Original Investigation
Pediatrics

October 13, 2023

Health Insurance and Differences in Infant Mortality Rates in the US

Desalyn L. Johnson, BS1; Waldemar A. Carlo, MD2; A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, PhD3; et alRachel Tindal, MD4; Sarah G. Trulove, MBA1; Mykaela J. Watt, BS, BA1; Colm P. Travers, MD2

JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(10):e2337690. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.37690

Key Points

Question Is health insurance type associated with differences in infant mortality rates?

Findings In this cohort study of more than 13 million infants in the US, maternal private health insurance was associated with a lower risk of infant mortality and adverse infant outcomes compared with Medicaid public health insurance.

Meaning These findings suggest that there may be opportunities to improve access to care and reduce infant mortality among Medicaid-insured pregnancies in the US.

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[Warpy]

1. Good grief, those weasel words!

Liker " there may be opportunities to improve access."

Obviously, access to prenatal and postnatal care needs to be universal. Even Mexico has been trying to do that, something our free press isn't telling American suckers who think Mexico is primitive and deserves contempt.

What's contemptible is the way pregnant women are treated in this country.