Lack of Pediatric Eye Care Across the U.S.
This sense is described by the WHO as “the most dominant of our senses” yet often overlooked.
What is vision?
This percentage of babies is born with congenital heart disease, making it one of the most common birth defects.
What is 1% (or 1 in 100)?
This term describes deaths occurring during pregnancy or within one year postpartum that are related to the pregnancy.
What is a pregnancy related death?
Expanding these programs can reduce “vision deserts” by delivering exams directly to children where they are.
What are community and school-based outreach programs?
This “gap” describes families who earn too much for governmental insurance but too little for private insurance.
What is the “Medicaid coverage gap”?
Chronic exposure to racism contributes to this stress related process believed to age the body faster and worsen pregnancy outcomes.
What is weathering?
Children in this insurance category receive fewer screenings than those with private insurance.
What is public insurance (Medicaid/CHIP)?
Clinics without fetal echocardiography rely on this tool, which can miss heart defects.
What are ultrasounds?
Black women in Texas disproportionately face this chronic condition, which increases their risk of pregnancy complications like hemorrhage or stroke.
What is hypertension?
Black Americans historically had blindness rates up to this many times higher than White Americans.
What is 2.8 times higher?
Hospitals may decline Medicaid patients because of low reimbursement and this administrative burden.
What is billing, or prior authorization?
Until expanded in 2023, Texas only offered postpartum Medicaid coverage for this short number of months.
What is 2 months?
The median cost of eyeglasses according to Consumer Reports.
What is about $234?
This term refers to areas with no pediatric heart specialists, often found in rural Texas.
What are medical deserts?
This nationwide statistic shows Black mothers are 2 to 3 times more likely to die from pregnancy.
What is the national maternal mortality disparity?