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ThaMonthly 2.24.23 X Tha Black & Tha Beautiful ___ By Chrys D. ‘Say It Loud… … I’m BLACK & I’m proud.” Consider this scenario. Being a working, bill & tax-paying Black Woman in 2023 America. Now apply that to the health care system. A system that sees 41.4% of Black maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Differences in health insurance coverage & access. Being turned down by doctors when requesting urgent medical care. Can’t imagine that?? Let me drop a few names. Kira Dixon Johnson Hemorrhage Kelly Ervin Toxemia Poisoning Shamony Makeba Gibson Pulmonary Embolism Amber Rose Issac Emergency C-Section All beautiful Black Women who are no longer here due to having their pain minimized or ignored. Reported mistreatment met with ZERO assistance from doctors & nurses alike. I’ve unfortunately experienced my fair share of this type of treatment. Had an Emergency Room doctor tell me once that he felt my pain was