#19 - Hospital-Employed Doulas — Game Changer or Band-Aid?
In this episode, Amsy and Stephanie dig into a headline-making story: the University of Chicago Medical Center announced it will staff around-the-clock doulas for patients with qualifying insurance, at no cost. The response online has been deeply divided — and the hosts get into why, approaching the topic with the nuance it deserves.
Rather than a simple thumbs up or down, they walk through both the real concerns and the genuine benefits of hospital-employed doula programs, and what it could mean for the future of birth support in the U.S.
The concerns:
Whose loyalty is it? A doula employed…
The skinny
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