Oregon Democrats take fired federal workers to Trump address, warn cuts will make fires worse

Bonamici will bring Arielle Kane, a maternal health policy analyst who was fired from her job at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Firing her blocks work that saves lives of mothers and babies, Bonamici said in a statement.

“I’m not here to say everything is perfect in the U.S. health care system, but when you fire the people working on making it better, you aren’t going to fix anything,” Kane added. “Maternal health outcomes in the U.S. are the worst among high-income countries and gutting the team that’s working to improve outcomes at lower costs won’t make them any better.”