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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The United States has one of the highest maternal and infant…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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September Virtual Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 11:52

The Healthy Start program has been a very crucial part of lowering maternal mortality rates in the United States and infant mortality rates in the United States. And The United States has one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the developed world. So Healthy Start has been a crucial part in lowering that and it has been put on the chopping block in the Trump administration. (11:52–12:00)

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Asserts that the U.S. has high maternal and infant mortality rates among developed countries.

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