Planned Parenthood closes 5 California locations
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More than two dozen Planned Parenthood facilities are shutting down after new federal rules prevent the organization from being reimbursed by Medicaid and Medicare.
A judge issued a preliminary injunction that allowed only some of the group’s health centers to receive payments for services like birth control and checkups.
The court issued an injunction shielding ten Planned Parenthood affiliates from a provision in the budget bill to cut off funding for Medicaid contracting for poor women.
Since President Trump signed his sweeping domestic policy bill into law, a key provision that prevents Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving Medicaid funding has already been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.
Attorneys for Planned Parenthood argue that cutting Medicaid payments to their abortion providers will harm vulnerable populations with limited health care options
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LA County lawmakers and health care advocates said they are “sounding the alarm” about efforts to end Medicaid reimbursements to abortion providers.