Why does Texas have the highest maternal death rate in the developed world?

MSgt Michael Bischoff thank you for the read/share of the most informative.

Interesting read. It is most definitely multifactorial. I don't know what other states demographics are, but we have a large population of very young teenage mothers, and among those groups, often a low socioeconomic background.
I imagine a large percentage, not all, come from poor OBGYN follow up and general medical follow up. This is not for lack of money, the vast majority are all expenses pain with Medicaid, but poor education on the medical system. This posted story is an example. The patient having tunnel vision and breathlessness, rapidly deteriorating and going to an Urgent Care for treatment. This is Emergency room stuff, and not the scope for any Urgent Care. I work in Urgent Care and often get patients with Emergency conditions come to us, only to be shipped off to an emergency room. Sometimes they out right refuse to go to the Emergency room for dislike of the hospital or impatience with wait times.
On the same note, because visits are free with Medicaid, they will try to come to us for chronic disease management, ie diabetes, hypertension, etc. Again Urgent Care is not set up for this.

This is just my non-statistic supported theory based off personal experience.

MSgt Michael Bischoff thanks for the post. This is just another example of what happens when you cut funding. Cut first responded funding, crime goes up, more fires occur, and more people die prior to reaching a hospital. Cut education funding and kids are not educated and can't get good competitive jobs, so they are jobless and turn to crime. Cut medical funding and people die in hospitals.

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