Five ways the AHCA may affect women’s health
May 19, 2017|Ob.Gyn. News
An AHCA analysis by the Congressional Budget Office found that withholding Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood for 1 year would reduce access to care for women in some low-income communities and would result in thousands of unintended pregnancies that would ultimately be financed by Medicaid.
“That means a woman who’s covered by Medicaid and would go to Planned Parenthood to say, get a Pap smear, couldn’t go there and do that because they’re not going to let Medicaid reimburse Planned Parenthood,” Ms. Kapinos said. “That has real implications for access in areas where there aren’t a lot choices to get this kind of preventive care.”
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