Price: GOP bill increases women’s health funds

Federal dollars comprise almost half of the Planned Parenthood’s annual billion-dollar budget, and although government funds don’t pay for abortions, the organisation is reimbursed by Medicaid for non-abortion services that it says the vast majority of clients receive. This new move would deny them federal funding altogether. By CBO’s estimates, in the one-year period in which federal funds for Planned Parenthood would be prohibited under the legislation, the number of births in the Medicaid program would increase by several thousand, increasing direct spending for Medicaid by $21 million in 2017 and by $77 million over the 2017-2026 period. A closer look at the CBO’s findings reveal that “defunding” the health-care organization would disproportionately hurt people with low incomes, especially those in rural areas. The CBO points out that more births mean more Medicaid spending on child care and other services paid for by the federal government.

Laguens cited the polls showing that the vast majority of Americans support Planned Parenthood “and understand that essential preventive health care should be available to anyone, regardless of how much money they make or where they live”.

The chief job of Planned Parenthood clinics is not providing abortions, but a wide range of health services such as contraception, breast and cervical cancer screenings, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Cecile Richards, the abortion giant’s CEO, told a congressional panel in 2015 that PP doesn’t conduct mammograms, only that they “give access” to them by referrals, which can be done by any doctor. Susan Collins of ME and Lisa Murkowsi of Alaska say that they do not want to see the program cut as part of the bill.

She said it’s very important to her organization that the language remains in the bill, which lawmakers are trying to pass through the reconciliation process.

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to defund Planned Parenthood.

Anti-abortion advocates zeroed in on the expectation that more babies would be born, which struck them as reason to celebrate.

“That speaks to giving young women access to family planning services, and we should continue to do that”. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in an interview, adding: “Of course it will have an impact”.

The Republicans’ plan would block Medicaid patients’ access to Planned Parenthood clinics for one year. It’s the public cost of caring for all the new babies who will be born if funding is cut to Planned Parenthood, a U.S. non-profit dedicated to women’s reproductive health, which largely serves the poor. The claims made by GOP leadership that this is not a targeted attack are false. “They’re also taking steps to drive abortion coverage out of employer-sponsored insurance as well”. According to Clear Health Costs, a group of journalists committed to “bringing transparency to the health care marketplace by telling people prices for medical procedures and items”, an abortion can cost anywhere from $0 to more than $3,000. And even in the states that don’t explicitly ban it, many insurers do not offer abortion coverage.

The CBO’s top-line conclusion that 24 million fewer people would have health insurance in a decade under the Republican’s plan has cast some doubt over the viability of the proposal, leading even Republicans to admit that the bill needs tweaks. The provision would make nearly every single plan in states like California and NY, and many in MA, ineligible for the tax credits.

Women can buy separate abortion coverage under the plan, which withholds a small-business tax credit from employers who offer policies with abortion coverage.

“It’s ideological. they are singling out Planned Parenthood”, Sen. They’re essentially saying you should pre-pay for your abortion. Family planning services decrease unwanted pregnancies, miscarriages and abortions.

TrumpCare is a travesty: It cuts taxes for the rich, kills Medicaid expansion for the poor and defunds Planned Parenthood.