In every respect, Louisiana, a hostile place for women or a housewife or working mothers can be, they live in poverty or trying to get...
In every respect, Louisiana, a hostile place for women or a housewife or working mothers can be, they live in poverty or trying to get equal pay in their careers or are ordinary citizens or elected.
But experts there is good news, say health, healthcare, recently expanded.
More than 250,000 Louisiana residents enrolled in Medicaid eligibility extends from June 1, under an order of the Governor John Edwards Bel. Called healthy in Louisiana, the extension is a State officials say the step that it will be "radically" improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of women and their families.
Medicaid now covers adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, according to the Foundation for Henry K. Kaiser Family. This means that people who earn less than $ 16.394 per year come into consideration, such as families of four are earning less than $ 33.500.
titled Under the new New Orleans is the singer Lisa Lynn Kotnik.
regular concerts in the city does not necessarily mean a stable income for Kotnik. How many times had to go many musicians without health insurance, recently said they NPR. He pointed out that they had at least five operations for a number of health complications, including ovarian cysts and a brain aneurysm. She had to pay for the procedure out of pocket, because he could not afford health insurance. "It was far too expensive," he said NPR. "Do not be accessed."
Dr. Gee Rebeca, Secretary of the Department Louisiana Health and Hospitals (DHH), the extended care did not early enough for Kotnik women could come. Gee points classification of the US Health, an initiative of the Health Organization says that Louisiana in 2015 among the 50 states for overall health of residents last place. The Policy Research Institute for Women in Louisiana this year saw the note "F" for the health and well being of women.
"Some women who really was the death penalty, to be honest," Gee said. "We have health a penalty for poor women."
Approximately 24 percent of women over 18 Louisiana reported fair or poor health, according to a 2014 report of the surveillance system of risk factors behavior, an indicator of DHH used to inquire about the risk situation of the inhabitants. Louisiana, 27.4 percent of women are overweight and 35 percent are obese. More than 40 percent of all women a diagnosis of hypertension and 41 percent have received high cholesterol, found the organization.
Louisiana is also the first in the nation for the rate of gonorrhea and congenital syphilis, and the second in the nation in rates of HIV and AIDS, the report of Louisiana STD / HIV each year from, 2014.
Many of the conditions that can affect the health of women be prevented Gambit Gee however said. Until recently, a large percentage of women not regular medical care or no state support, at least they were pregnant. ninth worst rate in the nation - expands Medicaid, 19 percent of non-elderly women were insured. Moreover, a study cited by the discourse of poverty, was a project of the Center for American Progress that 20 percent of all adult women under 65 living below the official poverty line. These two numbers give women and girls from Louisiana very poor prospects for a healthy life.
On average, about 70 percent of women between 18-44 Louisiana at the age did a routine medical examination in the past year, the report found about risk behavior DHP. But a closer examination shows large racial segregation in access to health care.
After the report on the risk factor, received only about 38 percent of black women, a twenty-two 2011-2014 recommended percent of women, annual balance sheet not a doctor said that it was because of the cost. Not regular maintenance, which makes a big difference in the health of women, according to the Ministry of Health of New Orleans, the African-Americans can be found in the city three times more likely than whites from diabetes to die and twice as likely of kidney disease or HIV dying.
- Some women who really was the death penalty, to be honest. create a set of poor health of women -. Dr. Rebecca Gee, Secretary of the Department Louisiana Health and Hospitals
In New Orleans there is a difference of 25 years in life expectancy between those who. In zip code 70112, which covers the districts Tulane-Gravier, Iberville and Treme, and the zip code 70124, which includes Lakeview and West End
Gee said the improvement of women's health is important, not only for adults, but is also an important factor for the health of children by factor Louisiana. He emphasizes that poor health before conception, distance is insufficient and have had the lack of inter-design, especially for women, the former complications of childbirth, linked to low birth weight maintenance.
In Louisiana, 11 percent of babies with low birth weight in 2014 and 12 percent of women had a preterm birth had, Gee said. The state ranks seventh worst child mortality and maternal mortality and the fifth worst in the number of women who. Of obstetrician / gynecologists to recent statistics from the Center for American Progress
"This fight a difficult start led to many children," Gee said.
It is not a good state of Louisiana for the mental health of women. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System found 39 percent of women in Louisiana reported poor mental health. Gee has offered a glimmer of hope: In states that have recently expanded Medicaid, studies have shown that greatly improved these numbers. Rates of depression have been reduced, for example by up to 30 percent, he said.
Gee said his office worked in recent years to expand access to health care and tried to improve some of the poorest health statistics in the US state Pelican. Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services US Minority Health Louisiana office was to help a five-year grant to prevent childhood obesity in minority communities and to increase access physical activity and healthy eating.
Before removing the Medicaid, DHP extends coverage of health services for reproduction by a program called Take Charge, covered visits for prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections.
July Louisiana was to expand the 31st state in the nation (and the first in the Deep South) Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Louisiana is the first state SNAP data to use the eligibility for the federal food stamp program, to qualify people for Medicaid - a measure Gee for the first success of the registration of more than 200,000 citizens attributed.
According to the state, could be as much as 450,000 people for expansion into consideration. If you subscribe to 375,000, the state could save more than $ 180 million in funds usually in 2017th
Ruth Kennedy, director of the Medicaid expansion project, said in mid-July that 100,000 skilled adults need to be registered yet to achieve this goal. "Although these figures reflect a remarkable achievement that we are very proud of our work is far from over," Kennedy said.
Gee, that the number of women that will increase covered by Medicaid or other insurance that future generations of Louisiana ensure residents, is much healthier because they have the necessary tools for a healthy life from the time they are significantly born when parents will.
"It is a quilt that is connected," Gee said. "Each piece has to be strong for women's health is optimal."
