Raena Granberry first became pregnant in her late 20s.

The Los Angeles resident had been employed on political campaigns, which was lucrative but inconsistent. After deciding to pursue a full-time job in her community, she began working at an after-school program.

“I was making very little money,” she told Rewire.News. “Me and my partner, who is my husband now, were struggling [financially] to make it work—and now here I am pregnant. So I went down to the county building and got Medi-Cal,” the state’s health insurance program for residents with low incomes.

Even then, she was concerned about the standard of prenatal care she would receive. “I was like, I’m going to go to all the way to Beverly Hills,” she said. “I’m going to get on the bus and I’m going to go to the top doctor I can find. So that’s what I did.”