President Trump's Health Department Will Send $9M to 3 States to Improve Rural Pregnancy Care

Cassy Fiano-Chesser : Sep 20, 2019
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"Strengthening rural and maternal health are important priorities for HHS and the Trump Administration. This program's investments will support both of these priorities by developing new and innovative networks to improve rural maternal care..." -HHS Secretary Alex Azar

[Live Action News] The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it will be awarding $9 million to help launch the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) program, with the goal of improving maternal health care. In a news release, HHS explained that Texas, Missouri, and New Mexico will each receive up to $600,000 in a planning year, and then up to $800,000 in three subsequent years to implement the program, by piloting, testing, and developing models that improve access to maternal obstetrical care in rural communities. (Image: Alex Azar, HHS /Bloomberg Politics-YouTube /via LifeSiteNews)

As the American Hospital Association has explained, women living in rural communities do not always have access to quality health care services. In 2014, 54% of rural counties lacked hospital-based OB services, and as rural hospitals close, the problem may only get worse...

...This program will also provide care to women who otherwise would not get it, despite the constant claim from abortion activists that women need Planned Parenthood to receive taxpayer funding so they can have access to health care. The reality is, Planned Parenthood does not provide substantial health care services. In fact, the few services the corporation offers have been significantly decreasing in number in recent years, including cancer screenings, which declined 67 percent from 2006 to 2016... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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