Prenatal care will be made available to every pregnant woman in Detroit, regardless of insurance coverage or financial status, under a plan to reduce the city's high preterm birth rate that will be announced Thursday, The Detroit News has learned. Details of the initiative, called Make Your Date, will be announced by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Wayne State University and Detroit's three largest health care systems: the Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System, and St. John Providence Health System. The goal of the program is to ensure that all babies born in the city have a chance at a healthy start. According to two sources familiar with the mayor's plan, the program will ensure that all Detroit mothers-to-be receive a full range of prenatal services and other support, at no additional cost, to prevent preterm delivery, which occurs at a higher rate in the city than anywhere in America.

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