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California will cover doula services for low-income residents at more than twice the state’s initial proposed rate under a spending plan lawmakers passed last week.
California will cover doula services for low-income residents at more than twice the state's initial proposed rate under a spending plan lawmakers passed last week.
Some advocates believe the new benefit could help professionalize the group of nonmedical birth workers. But other advocates say the new proposed rate is still too low for the time and work it takes to ensure healthy deliveries.
California will pay nonmedical workers up to $1,154 per birth, far more than Newsom’s initial offer of $450, under a budget approved by state lawmakers.
It's time for Medicaid to pay for doulas -- and pay them fairly, say birth workers and their advocates.