Most poorer countries have seen major drops in maternal mortality since 2000. While wealthy countries are generally seeing a flatlining or slight increasing trend, the rate has nearly doubled in the US. Acutely, (ie the medical issue not social causes) what is causing this to happen? What illnesses are pregnant women now getting more frequently? Why were we able to avoid these in a time (2000) where information sharing and technological capabilities were much worse? Don’t we have a good grasp on the general process of pregnancy and childbirth and the usual issues that emerge?
It seems as if the rise of technology in medicine, increasing volume of research on the matter, and the general treatment level of US hospitals would decrease or at the very least keep the rate the same. How is it that the medical knowledge and treatment regimens have deteriorated to such an extent? Are the complications linked to obesity?
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You have 500 bucks in savings.
You just got pregnant and want to go to the doctor. 1 appointment could cost more than 500 easy, and they might not actually give you care.
You go to a specialist, who recommends a specialist, who recommends another specialist. All these specialists only have time available during the workweek, so you need to get time off to go to each one.
Your now down 2k, haven’t received care, and get told by the 3rd specialist, that you need to go to a doctor with a specific degree/education. You look around and find that said specialist only available day is a Wednesday at 10am in about 7 weeks.
Basically rinse and repeat, and this is what our healthcare system is like. Imagine if you didn’t have the ability to drop 500 plus a month on healthcare.
Imagine if you were living paycheck to paycheck. Imagine if you didn’t have pto, or bosses who let you take a few hours off.
The increase in death is basically because in 2000 our healthcare was exspensive, but still something that was supposed to be used by the layman.
Nowadays the wool is completely off our eyes, our healthcare system doesn’t even try to hide the fact is not meant for most, and that’s causing a lot of pregnant women to get no healthcare during there pregnancy.
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