Creates the Rural Maternal and Infant Health Equity Act and Rural Maternal and Infant Health Equity Program Fund to improve birth outcomes in rural communities

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This bill, called the Rural Maternal and Infant Health Equity Act, aims to improve birth outcomes in rural areas. It would expand access to prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care by supporting midwifery and doula services, developing the rural obstetric workforce, and funding community-based services. The bill also creates a grant program for these services and requires Medicaid and all insurers to cover midwife and doula services.

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