The program was announced at Residents R Waiting, a healthcare nonprofit in Lancaster, on Monday.

To help prevent more pregnant women from dying, the Pritzker administration promised that private insurers would cover the ...

Oregonians who were denied coverage for doula services since the beginning of this year could see their claims readjusted after state regulators informed health insurance providers that they ...

Postpartum moms really have it so, so tough, don't they?“The big event of childbirth is over, but the baby care starts ...

There are plenty of reasons having a doula on your birthing team can make the experience better. For starters, it can improve your birth outcome. According to the American College of Obstetricians and ...

Srividya Kannan Ramachandran was well into her pregnancy when she considered hiring a doula for the first time. The almost 35-year-old research lead at Facebook was attending a company-organized art ...

The Women's Hospital at MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center has expanded its maternity program to include complimentary, 24/7 in-house doulas—it is the only hospital in Orange County with this ...

President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, making permanent funding cuts to federal healthcare assistance programs like Medicaid. Medicaid is a joint ...

This is part of a series from The Lily that examines how the role of doulas intersects with private and public insurance, race, socioeconomic status, policy and the medical community. Over the last ...