Increasing Access To Care To Save LIves

In Indiana, we are working to improve the health of mothers and their babies and bring down our high maternal and newborn mortality rates.

With a new law I supported, more Hoosiers will be able to access important health benefits before, during, and after their pregnancies. By raising income requirements for Medicaid, more low-income Hoosiers will be able to receive critical medical care. This care will also be extended from a 60-day period to a full year of coverage. 

According to a report from the Indiana Maternal Mortality Review Committee, 85% of pregnancy-associated deaths in Indiana occur postpartum. The report also found that only 44% of women who died of pregnancy-associated causes accessed prenatal care in the first trimester of their pregnancy.