Some Planned Parenthood affiliates have announced on their websites that they can no longer accept Medicaid due to a provision in a newly passed tax-and-spending bill. Despite the potential for this measure to strip healthcare from many patients, a recent court order has blocked the provision. While Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains currently enforce this policy, other affiliates continue to accept Medicaid. Concerns have been raised regarding the implications of this funding loss for low-income patients reliant on these services.
At least two regional Planned Parenthood affiliates have notices on their websites telling patients that, thanks to a provision in Republicans' new tax-and-spending bill that defunds the reproductive healthcare giant, they can no longer accept Medicaid.
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains had notices on their websites alerting patients that they can no longer accept Medicaid, the US government's insurance program for low-income people.
This defund provision is a cruel, harmful, and inhumane law that will strip health care from thousands of people in the DC metropolitan region and millions across the country.
Although the Planned Parenthood network is overseen by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, it includes dozens of independent affiliates that directly provide care to patients.
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