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Transcript: UNINSURED PREGNANT WOMEN:JEFF BINGAMAN
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- Congressional Testimony
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- October 24, 2002
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STATEMENT BY SENATOR JEFF BINGAMAN Senate Health, Education, Labor
and
Pensions Committee "Uninsured Pregnant Women: Impact on Infant and
Maternal
Mortality" October 24, 2002 I would like to thank Senator Kennedy
for allowing
us to hold this important hearing with respect to the health and well-
being
of both children and their mothers. Our nation ranks 28th the world
in
infant mortality and 21st in maternal mortality, according to data
from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. Numerous studies
have shown the importance of providing coverage to pregnant women
in order
to reduce both infant and maternal morality. We, as a nation, would
be ...