; Whereas maternal mortality rates have risen nationally and disproportionately affect women of color; Whereas access to health care can help prevent, detect, and treat conditions that put women at increased risk for pregnancy-related complications; Whereas research shows that Medicaid expansion improves postpartum care for women, reduces maternal and infant death, and reduces the likelihood a woman will experience a gap in coverage; Whereas rural hospitals are closing at an alarming rate, jeopardizing access to care for the 20 percent of Americans who live in rural areas, including 13,000,000 children, and research has found that States that expanded Medicaid had fewer rural hospital closures, and that rural hospitals in those States experienced improved financial performance; Whereas Medicaid expansion reduces medical debt for individuals receiving coverage, which improves their individual and family financial security; Whereas once in office, President Trump has gone further than any President in the history of the program to make life harder for working families who rely on Medicaid for their health and well-being; Whereas the President has waged an unrelenting war on Medicaid, making it easier for States to take coverage away and create barriers for reenrollment; Whereas, on President Trump’s watch, the number of uninsured children has increased, reversing years of declines, largely as a result of substantial losses in Medicaid coverage for children—many of whom remain eligible; Whereas under President Trump, over 1,000,000 children have lost Medicaid and CHIP coverage and over 750,000 adults have lost Medicaid coverage; and Whereas, despite President Trump’s campaign promise that he would save Medicaid , his administration has— (1) issued guidance to allow States to cap their Medicaid funding through a block grant, putting the financial viability of the States’ programs at risk and taking coverage and access to health care away from our citizens