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The Oregon State Hospital plans to use a $10 million allocation to hire more nurses to relieve overworked staff and improve care.
It's time for Medicaid to pay for doulas -- and pay them fairly, say birth workers and their advocates.
California initially proposed a flat rate of $450 per birth, covering all prenatal and postnatal visits, on-call time during the pregnancy, and labor and delivery.
This was supposed to be the year that low-income Californians could hire a doula to guide them through pregnancy and advocate for them in the hospital.
California was supposed to start paying doulas this year to facilitate healthier pregnancies for Medicaid enrollees. But the benefit has been delayed. Doulas feel lowballed by the state.