The obvious reasons why US infant mortality is on the upswing… no national health care system, insane costs, and a simply abysmal food supply. When ROE trumps health, it’s not a mystery why results are poor. The net income is robust, if that’s any consolation.
The political side is nuanced. The private equity arena(as well as the consolidation via public companies, looking at you UHC and others) are rapidly withdrawing from unprofitable markets. Those are often in rural areas. No hospitals or doctors will naturally result in poorer health outcomes. Then toss in the closing of Ob-Gyn facilities cuz, few doctors are interested in having staff attorneys with the proliferation of state level abortion regs…and viola…bye bye pre natal care.
It’s not rocket surgery. Limit or eliminate care, feed the mothers toxic but highly profitable food, and don’t be surprised at the poor results.