Hear Me Out: Childbirth Should Be Free

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… the right to life and socialized
healthcare walk into a delivery room. Writer and journalist Liz
Bruenig joins Celeste to discuss her vision for a United States
where childbirth costs nothing. In a nation with skyrocketing
healthcare costs, attacks on reproductive rights, and potential
rollbacks on preventive care, we tell birthing people that not only
do they have to give birth — they have to court financial ruin in
order to do it.  Liz says it doesn’t have to be this way… and
yes, we can pay for it. Moreover, it might be the rare issue where
both sides of the aisle can find some common ground.  Podcast
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