Wow I'm sure glad that the for-profit healthcare here means we get the highest quality healthcare in the world :-) That's why we pay exorbitant prices for it :-)
Not surprised, when most places find out you're pregnant they either try to fire you or reduce your hours so that you're all but fired on paper. If you're stressed and lose the good medical access a job provides (will probably have a baby in arm by the time you get approved for medicaid or similar such programs, then good luck seeing medical professionals in time) its not a good outcome.
IIRC there are vast differences between the states. My recollection is that there is a very strong red state/blue state correlation, which is absolutely shocking (/s, obviously).
The US counts this differently, when you account for this US maternal mortality rates are similar to other western countries. By counting more the US hopes to find and then correct issues that other counties are ignoring.
The article specifies that “researchers found that in 2022, 22.3 US women per 100,000 died either during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth” so I’m not really sure what the first response is on about “counts mortality differently” 🙄