From: Women's Health Gynecology News From Medical N
The Wall Street Journal: "The final health-care bill is likely to
require coverage for more mammograms than the new guidelines
recommend after women's groups, doctors and imaging-equipment
makers stepped up pressure on lawmakers -- one of many threads of
the bill negotiated behind the scenes." In November, the federally
funded U.S...
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http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/11/04/push-push-push-certified-professional-midwifery-in-health-care-reform
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http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/11/04/push-push-push-certified-professional-midwifery-in-health-care-reform
Ensuring greater access to certified professional midwives (CPMs)
is one way to address some of the distressing challenges facing
pregnant and birthing women in this country. The Big Push,
specifically, is asking for the Senate bill to include an amendment
that would ensure CPMs are covered under Medicaid; this would
encourage a uniform certification process [...]