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Karen Bouffard, Detroit News

Detroit’s Maternal Death Rate Is Triple The Nation’s

By Karen Bouffard, Detroit News July 15, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Experts hope to see it decline as more women gain coverage through the federal health care law and become better educated about their bodies.

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