Why $5,000 Won’t Fix a Broken Care System That Fails Mothers - The Sacramento Observer

The broken health care system doesn’t have to break you

Practicing medicine today is not what most of us envisioned when we chose it as a profession. We still love science. We still love health. We still love helping patients and being healers. But the practice of medicine has changed—and continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace. Navigating this shifting landscape requires a new mindset—one Read more… The broken health care system doesn’t have to break you originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

Why $5,000 Won’t Fix a Broken Care System That Fails Mothers - The Sacramento Observer

By Mica Whitfield | Word In Black(WIB) – If this administration wants to push for a “baby boom,” it must first fix the broken system families are forced to navigate. Because without the care and resources we need — it’s not a boom, it’s a bust. There were a few years after I gave birth that I couldn’t work full time — not because I didn’t want to, but because with the cost of child care we wouldn’t break even. Like so many other mothers, I weath…