30 Issues: Maternal and Other Health Disparities

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 20, 2020

That Black women are three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women is only one statistical marker of the health disparities in the U.S. Jamila Taylor, director of health care reform and senior fellow at The Century Foundation, talks about policies to address the causes behind the statistics and where the two presidential candidates stand on these issues.

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