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First, mothers-to-be in the US need single-payer healthcare, not be sentenced to prison for having a miscarriage, and not told they must be dying of sepsis befo
by hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
First, mothers-to-be in the US need single-payer healthcare, not be sentenced to prison for having a miscarriage, and not told they must be dying of sepsis before they can receive healthcare.
In a Where To Invade Next? (2015)-style of policy prescriptions, the US should copy baby boxes, use policies that work, and measure the results of experiments with creative solutions as long as they work rather than putting the military-industrial complex and profits of big pharma and megahospitals before lives and the standards of living of regular people to not go bankrupt.
- HideousKojima 2y agoThe US already has baby boxes at pretty much every fire station
- Mordisquitos 2y agoI'm pretty sure that the commenter was referring to baby boxes as in "box of supplies to be able to take care of a baby" [0] and not as in "box to abandon a baby if you cannot take care of it" [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternity_package https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternity_package [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_hatch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_hatch
- Thlom 2y agoI know they have this in Finland, but I suspect it's more as tradition than need. The other Nordic countries does not have anything like that. In Norway there's a diaper brand that gives out boxes to new mothers, but it's more like a fun thing than something that is needed. What works is a proper health care system with a predefined care path for pregnancies including regular checkups, access to courses and educational material about pregnancy and child birth, low bar for paid sick leave for pregnant women and paid maternity leave mandated by law.
- Mordisquitos 2y agoYes, without much knowledge on the subject, I do intuitively agree with you. I don't think baby boxes per se can make that much of a difference — they're more like the "icing on the cake" of a solid social support policy to help expectant and new mothers.
- CraigJPerry 2y agoWe have them in Scotland, I found it genuinely useful. Contents: https://www.parentclub.scot/baby-box https://www.parentclub.scot/baby-box A couple of colleagues in New York had their first kids around the same time, swapping stories is always pretty eye opening.
- croes 2y agoLess need for US baby boxes when you have abortions possibilties like in Norway. Life is most precious in the US until you are born.
- adamomada 2y agoSince you dug up those links from Wikipedia, it should be noted that baby hatch is first in the list on baby box, indicating it’s the more common usage. But also maybe the term baby box is too ambiguous to be used at all, if it means both of those things.
- tyoma 2y ago> First, mothers-to-be in the US need single-payer healthcare This is already true, pregnant women qualify for Medicaid in every state. Medicaid pays for ~50% of all births.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoMedicAid is absolute trash. It barely covers anything, few doctors accept it, and it isn't even close to proper healthcare.
- refurb 2y agoThis is false. Medicaid coverage is better than even European healthcare systems. It will cover rare disease drugs that aren’t paid for in the EU (it has to by law). Plus the OOP expenses are basically zero. While true not all doctor accept new Medicaid patients, you can find care.
- herbst 2y agoA birth all in all is surely way above 10k dollars. So people are literally expected to pay 5k+ to have a child? If that's not stressful enough for many poorer people I don't know either
- hiddencost 2y ago50% of births, not 50% of the cost of all births
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoIf it's an emergency of some sort, it's probably 100% covered. The thing though is that MedicAid is run similarly to Medicare where private insurers get involved but provide really shitty plans with terrible formularies and very limited choices for providers. Also, there's widespread healthcare provider bias, stigma, and discrimination against MedicAid patients. Also: Username checks out.
- shiroiushi 2y ago>First, mothers-to-be in the US need single-payer healthcare, not be sentenced to prison for having a miscarriage, In your opinion, sure, but American voters disagree, which is why it's like this. American voters chose the Supreme Court that made this recent change.
- inferiorhuman 2y agoThe majority of the supreme court was appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote.
- pjc50 2y agoIndeed. American voters choose maternal mortality for the same reasons and in the same way that they choose gun and motor vehicle fatalities.
- hilux 2y agoI know a MAGA who got pregnant right after moving to Idaho(!) while keeping her remote-work job in California.