How Congress could tackle the Black maternal health crisis

By Nereida Moreno
Harris Black Women Maternal Health
Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and White House Domestic Policy director Susan Rice, participate in a roundtable discussion highlighting the disparities that Black women face in maternal health at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo
Harris Black Women Maternal Health
Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and White House Domestic Policy director Susan Rice, participate in a roundtable discussion highlighting the disparities that Black women face in maternal health at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo

How Congress could tackle the Black maternal health crisis

By Nereida Moreno
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Reset gets an update on The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act, a set of bills designed to tackle the Black maternal health crisis in the U.S. The legislation is tied to President Biden’s Build Back Better plan, which remains stalled in Congress.

GUESTS: Dr. Dakisha Lewis, chairperson and medical director of obstetrics and gynecology for Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago

Jamila Taylor, director of health care reform and senior fellow at The Century Foundation