Donald Trump’s tax and spending package, passed in July, bans Planned Parenthood from receiving reimbursements from Medicaid, the US government’s insurance program for low-income people. After Planned Parenthood sued over the ban, a judge temporarily stopped it from taking effect. If the ban moves forward, experts warn that it could cripple the entirety of the … Read more
A Supreme Court ruling in June curtailed patients’ ability to sue to see the health care providers of their choice. Read more at NBC News
Group fears administration could try to claw back Medicaid payments if judge’s ruling on reimbursements is overturned Read more at The Guardian
It’s not only Title X funds that are jeopardizing access to contraception, says Kimi Chernoby, an attorney with the National Women’s Law Center. She points to cuts to Medicaid included in the Republican spending bill that was recently signed into law, which jeopardize access to healthcare — including contraception — for millions of women in … Read more
The closure of more abortion clinics would make travel even more difficult for people seeking to leave their states, with fewer health facilities available to meet patient demand. Restrictions on mifepristone could eliminate telehealth as an option. If both occur together, patients seeking to get around their states’ abortion bans could be out of options. … Read more
Abortion-related travel could face another ‘shock to the system’ under new spending law Trump’s law “defunds” Planned Parenthood, which could lead to clinic closures across the country. States where abortion is legal stand to be hit the hardest. Read more at 19th News Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration over funding cuts in big bill The … Read more
When it comes to ease of finding affordable contraception, a new report shows ‘stark’ differences from state to state. Read more at NBC News
If Planned Parenthood clinics can’t bill Medicaid for those services, many will close. Planned Parenthood estimates that it could see almost 200 closures – 90% of them in states where abortion is legal. That means over 1 million low-income people risk losing access to their health care provider. And once clinics close, they may never … Read more
Amid all the news coverage of the GOP’s spending-bill extravaganza— ……. —one piece of the package has received comparatively little attention: a provision that would block abortion clinics from receiving Medicaid funds for any of the non-abortion services they provide. But if this proposed provision passes, clinics all over the country will be affected. It … Read more
Supreme Court rules for South Carolina in its bid to defund Planned Parenthood The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for South Carolina in its effort to defund Planned Parenthood, concluding that individual Medicaid patients cannot sue to enforce their right to pick a medical provider. Read more at NBC News SCOTUS Allows States To Defund … Read more
