BOOKER, PRESSLEY REINTRODUCE MOMMIES ACT TO CONFRONT MATERNAL MORTALITY CRISIS AND EXPAND LIFESAVING CARE

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) reintroduced the Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services (MOMMIES) Act, a sweeping bill designed to reverse the nation's rising maternal mortality rates and close the deadly racial gaps that disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, and other women and birthing people of color.

Medicaid covers nearly half of all births in the United States, yet millions of pregnant and postpartum people still face gaps in coverage, limited access to providers, and barriers to essential care. The MOMMIES Act directly confronts these failures by expanding ...