US EditionCongress Targeted Planned Parenthood for Defunding, but Also Caught a Maine Health Care Provider
AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE, JUL 16 – District Judge Indira Talwani temporarily halts Medicaid funding cuts that could close 200 Planned Parenthood clinics, affecting over 1.1 million patients nationwide, pending a July 21 hearing.
- Congress passed and President Trump signed a bill earlier this month cutting Medicaid reimbursements to organizations receiving over $800,000, including Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning.
- This bill targets abortion providers under claims they use federal funds improperly, and it lowered the reimbursement threshold to affect more organizations beyond Planned Parenthood.
- Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning filed lawsuits in federal court arguing the provision is unconstitutional and requested blocking its implementation to protect non-abortion related services funding.
- Planned Parenthood said the law risks closing about 200 clinics nationwide, affecting over a million patients who rely on essential services like cancer screenings, with Maine Family Planning reporting Medicaid reimbursements form a quarter of its $1.9 million budget.
- The court has temporarily halted the Medicaid funding cutoffs pending investigation, but organizations warn the policy threatens rural healthcare access and could force clinic closures if sustained.
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Planned Parenthood Sues Trump Over Devastating Funding Cuts - One Green Planet
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littlebytesnews.comLaw Defunding Planned Parenthood Also Defunded Maine Abortion Biz
When Congress passed a new law defunding the Planned Parenthood abortion business, the massive American abortion chain was the main point of discussion because it is the one most people know. However, the defunding bill also defunded another abortion company as well, located in Maine, because it meets the financial threshold to qualify for defunding. Maine Family Planning was also defunded because the law includes all abortion businesses that re…
The Trump legislative package was approved by Congress and promulgated by the President this month. The aim is to reach associations such as the Planned Parenthood, but other suppliers are being affected.
Bangor Daily News
The IndependentThe push to defund Planned Parenthood hit other clinics in Maine. Now their group is suing
PORTLAND, Maine— An item in Republicans’ sweeping policy and tax bill intended to block Medicaid dollars from flowing to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s biggest abortion provider, is also hitting a major medical provider in Maine. Maine Family Planning filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Wednesday seeking to restore the reimbursements. Accessing health care in Maine — one of the Northeast’s poorest states and its most rural — is a …
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Congress targeted Planned Parenthood for defunding, but also caught a Maine health care provider
Planned Parenthood isn't the only abortion provider that stands to lose Medicaid payments under a budget plan signed by President Donald Trump.
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