W&M Leaders Ask HHS, GAO To Review Maternal Health Programs, Data

House Ways & Means Committee leaders are asking in letters sent Tuesday (May 21) that HHS Secretary Alex Azar provide them with a full review of his department’s programs that combat maternal mortality and for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on maternal mortality data. “The U.S. currently has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world, with significant racial disparities for African American and Hispanic women,” wrote W&M Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) and ranking Republican Kevin Brady...