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Black moms, their babies face higher health risk in Wisconsin, but Legislature won’t address it

Black Wisconsinites were nearly twice as likely as their white peers to not have health insurance, according to “Wisconsin’s Extreme Racial Disparity,” a 2017 report from COWS.

Read the full article at: https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2021/11/16/wisconsin-legislators-push-health-improvements-black-moms-babies/6122912001/
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