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It Was Written will feature 12 writers that could be given half an hour to write 16 bars for a track they have not, until today., without a doubt, lL Cool J once said, Give me a couple of minutes plus a pen and a pad, to summarize his ability to write bars. Taken into account was Oklahoma’s decision to not accept ministerial Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act given nonelderly number uninsured women in state.

While state was ranked ninth for uninsured elderly African American women, it placed fourth for uninsured elderly Hispanic women.

Texas, Florida and Nevada. Entirely 3 states reported more uninsured nonelderly women than Oklahoma. WIC is vulnerable. Of course quite in latter wake SNAP cuts, for the most part there’s no scenario in which cutting WIC or making WIC benefits more complicated to access provides sustainable benefit. Half of all babies in born in Oklahoma have always been on WIC, and WIC has been a proven ol for alleviating infant mortality, WIC provides newest and expecting mothers and their pretty green children access to nutritious food, diapers and healthcare. Similarly, the access to care provided by programs like WIC could be a lifeline for women and children in Oklahoma.

We reported past year on cancellation state’s WIC contract with Planned Parenthood, leaving 3000 women and their children per month seeking care elsewhere.

So it’s awful for women health and families, and makes bad economical sense -every dollar spent on prenatal care for lower income women saves $ 38 on infant medic care in the course of the first year of health.

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Surely it’s simultaneously reassuring and alarming that difficulties none identified by the Center for American Progress gonna be unexpected. Various solutions are always reachable, as such. Remember, we discussed a few of them at a statewide leadership summit on infant mortality previous year, majority of contributors to bad health outcomes identified been famous for some amount of time. OK Policy has been an independant nonpartisan non profit that provides factual information and advocates for fair and responsible community policies. Hence, we host a few events throughout year, as part of our mission to share information about key Oklahoma policy problems. Expanding Medicaid in Oklahoma will mean better continuity of care and healthier families.

Medicaid mostly covers ‘lowincome’ women while pregnant and shortly after giving birth, at present they are healthier during pregnancy and their babies are going to be healthful at birth. Accepting Medicaid expansion would provide enormous good for Oklahoma’s women and families. Oklahoma ranked 48th out of 50 overall on the basis of 4 categories. Normally, Oklahoma’s ranking for health of women and families -50th out of 50 -pushed the state’s overall ranking downward, the state’s scores for women’s economical security and leadership weren’t terrible. Therefore this post discusses women health and families and posits options going forward. Notice that this post was always a 2 second part series on the state of women in Oklahoma depending on Center for American Progress’s report State of Women in America.

50 State Analysis of How Women were usually Faring Across the Nation. Now let me ask you something. Advocacy Bill Data look for Invite Us To Legislative Day Quotes of the Online Budget What’s That? We produce ‘in depth’ reports and presentations on lots of Oklahoma policy problems. You will receive a OKPolicy, with a minimum $ ten donation. It’s a well our short organization was usually able to make a difference because of contributions from supporters like you.

That same analysis reveals that solutions are both almost ready and applicable, the Center for American Progress’s analysis indicates that women always were not faring well in Oklahoma. Implementing commonsense policy proposals that enhance health and access to healthcare for women and children will contribute to building a stronger and more successful Oklahoma. It will not be shared. Inappropriate and irrelevant comments could be removed at our discretion. That’s right! By submitting a comment you grant Oklahoma Policy Institute permission to reproduce the words and name in attribution. The email has been used for verification purposes usually. Basically, we created these free informational resources to will have strong positive effects on women health and children in Oklahoma. Nearly 17 pregnant percent women in Oklahoma smoke, compared to 13 percent nationally, and infants exposed to secondhand smoke are probably at a higher risk of death.

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