A U.S. senator from Indiana wants to expand broadband and telemedicine to improve maternal and infant health.Republican Sen. Todd Young is co-sponsoring the "Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act." He visited Clark Memorial Health on Friday to promote the bill, and to learn more about their OB Navigator telehealth program. The bill requires the Federal Communications Comission to track two things: broadband access and maternal health data. The information will be used to determine where to expand high-speed internet across the U.S."Smartly investing in broadband technology can really improve access to health services and reduce the cost of our health care expenditures ultimately, as well," said Young.Young says Indiana is the third-worst state in the nation for maternal mortality and the seventh-worst for infant deaths.

A U.S. senator from Indiana wants to expand broadband and telemedicine to improve maternal and infant health.

Republican Sen. Todd Young is co-sponsoring the "Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act." He visited Clark Memorial Health on Friday to promote the bill, and to learn more about their OB Navigator telehealth program.

The bill requires the Federal Communications Comission to track two things: broadband access and maternal health data. The information will be used to determine where to expand high-speed internet across the U.S.

"Smartly investing in broadband technology can really improve access to health services and reduce the cost of our health care expenditures ultimately, as well," said Young.

Young says Indiana is the third-worst state in the nation for maternal mortality and the seventh-worst for infant deaths.

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