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Carolina Reyes, a maternal-fetal physician and wife of Health and Human Services SecretaryXavier Becerra, says the rise in maternal mortality is unacceptable when most of the deaths are preventable. | RICH PEDRONCELLI FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS

The nation’s health secretary has this doctor on call

Carolina Reyes, a Harvard-trained physician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies and who is married to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, is championing efforts to improve Medicaid coverage to mothers after giving birth
May 4, 2023