PBS SoCal | Why Maternity Wards Are Closing in SoCal | SoCal Matters | PBS SoCal @PBSSoCal | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
Widespread cutbacks to maternity care in California have made it difficult for maternity wards to stay open — like the one at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, which is struggling to keep its labor and delivery services open in South Los Angeles, an already-underresourced community. One reason? The lack of reimbursement for midwives, who have been shown to improve birth outcomes in communities of color.

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