Maine clinics also hit by cuts that targeted Planned Parenthood plan to halt primary care

Maine Family Planning to halt primary care due to funding cuts

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers.

Maine clinics also hit by cuts that targeted Planned Parenthood plan to halt primary care

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers.

Maine Family Planning is closing its primary care practice

Maine Family Planning to close primary care practice due to defunding of Medicaid. That will affect thousands of patients in Maine.

Maine Family Planning will shut down its primary care practice because of federal funding cuts

Maine Family Planning serves more than 8,000 patients, half of whom are on MaineCare, the state's Medicaid program. (Photo courtesy of Maine Family Planning)Maine Family Planning will shutter its primary care practice by the end of the month after being blocked from accepting Medicaid funds. The state’s largest reproductive health care provider was one of two Maine organizations that can no longer claim Medicaid reimbursements due to a provision…

Maine Family Planning will close its primary care practice at end of October

The organization says the decision will affect hundreds of patients and is the result of a new federal law that bans providers who also offer abortions from billing Medicaid.

Several Maine organizations set to lose federal funding

The funding is set to end at the end of this month.