03 May 2014 (22:33 UTC-07 Tango 02 May 2014)/03 Rajab 1435/11 Ordibehesht 1393/05 Ji-Si 4712
For the past few years the death rate for pregnant women in the United States has been going up, in fact the United States is the only ‘high income’ country that continues to have an increase in maternal deaths! One new study shows 2013 was one of the worst years yet, and another study says it’s the bad economy, stupid!
“The United States is among just eight countries in the world to experience an increase in maternal mortality since 2003 – joining Afghanistan and countries in Africa and Central America……The study, ‘Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013,’ published May 2 in The Lancet, ranked the United States number 60 in the list of 180 countries on maternal deaths, compared to its rank of 22 in 1990, demonstrating how it has fallen behind globally. By contrast, China rose to number 57, up from number 116 in 1990. In the US, 18.5 mothers died for every 100,000 live births in 2013, more than double the figures for maternal mortality in Saudi Arabia (7) and Canada (8.2), and more than triple that for the United Kingdom (6.1). The biggest increase in maternal mortality by age group occurred in women 20-24. In 1990, 7.2 women in this age group died for every 100,000 live births and in 2013, 14 died for every 100,000 live births.”–University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
A new study published by University of California San Francisco blamed fear of rising costs of health care for the continuing increase in maternal deaths, even with the implementation of Obama Care.
The researchers found that hospitals with “middling competition” had lower charges than hospitals that had higher labor costs, or were purely for profit only. However, they also discovered that hospitals that did work for people with no insurance actually had the cheapest charges: “Hospitals in markets with higher uninsurance rates charged significantly less for caesarean sections, while for-profit hospitals and hospitals with higher wage indices charged more.”
In other words, you’re going to pay more for your health care, because Obama Care forces everybody to get insurance!
The UCSF researchers believe the reason more pregnant women are dying in California is because they are totally confused about how much health care is going to cost. Couple that with the fact that the economy sucks, and that’s why they opt not to get help. In other words, it’s low income pregnant women who’re being killed off!
The study also found that a person’s “demographics” also determined how much they are charged for hospital care.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013