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Topic: maternity care

The tiny Baker County health department offers lots of services, including home visits by a nurse for new moms and infants. (Lillian Mongeau Hughes for KFF Health News)

Finding maternity care for rural women

Lillian Mongeau Hughes - KFF Health News
Doctor Examining Pregnant Woman (Getty Images/chuanchai)

Maternity care access is worsening

Nicole Karlis
Woman in the hospital bed (Getty Images/kieferpix)

When L&D clinics close, women suffer

Nicole Karlis
People are removed as they protest proposed cuts to Medicaid (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Medicaid: Rural America's savior

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News

Inside Manila's chaotic baby boom

Justine Nagan
Motherland

That's a whole lot of babies!

Tom Roston
In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 photo, Lauren Nieves-Taranto, left, and husband Francisco play with their youngest child Nicolas, 4-months, at their home in Windermere, Fla. Nieves-Taranto covered the entire $8,000 bill from the birth of Nicolas last year with his account balance from a health savings account, or HSA. () (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
(Getty/Salon)

GOP plan to punish women

Amanda Marcotte
(MSNBC)

Maddow slams heartless Repub

Luke Brinker
(Shutterstock)

Katie McDonough
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