Medicaid Births Would Sharply Increase If Planned Parenthood Funding Is Cut
Defunding Planned Parenthood even for a year would increase Medicaid spending by $21 million in the first year and $77 million by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office projects.
The New York Times:
Cutting Planned Parenthood Would Increase Medicaid Births, C.B.O. Says
Cutting off federal funding for Planned Parenthood — a longstanding conservative goal that is included in the Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act — would sharply increase Medicaid births, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (Zernike, 3/14)
The Wall Street Journal:
CBO Estimates ‘Several Thousand’ More Births If Planned Parenthood Funds Cut
The CBO’s findings give weight to critics of the bill who have said it would reduce women’s access to health care. Since the bill’s release a week ago, Republicans have said it would redirect the funds to other community health centers. (Nasaw, 3/14)
CQ Roll Call:
GOP Repeal Would Mean More Births Covered By Medicaid, CBO Says
Thousands of women will have unplanned pregnancies during the next year if a Republican proposal to defund Planned Parenthood becomes law, according to the Congressional Budget Office. "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,” according to the score. (Schutt. 3/14)
NPR:
Planned Parenthood Would Lose Millions In Medicaid Payments Under Health Plan
The proposed American Health Care Act targets the health provider Planned Parenthood with a set of proposed limits on Medicaid payments to the organization. Monday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirmed the magnitude of those limits. The Republican plan would block $178 million in Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood in 2017. (Hersher, 3/14)
In other news —
Politico:
Planned Parenthood To Unleash Campaign Against Trump
Republicans have promised to strip funding from Planned Parenthood because the organization funds abortions. Now, in a bid to keep their federal funding, the group is highlighting cancer survivors who were treated at the organization's centers in a bid to tilt the debate in their favor. (Dawsey, 3/14)
Kansas City Star:
Planned Parenthood Pressures Kansas City-Area Lawmakers To Oppose ‘Defunding’ Legislation
Planned Parenthood is urging Kansas City-area lawmakers to oppose a provision in the Republican-crafted bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act that would block the women’s health care provider from receiving Medicaid dollars. Planned Parenthood operates 12 health centers in Missouri, including three facilities in the Kansas City area, and two health centers in Kansas, including one in Johnson County. A provision in the ACA repeal bill being pushed by Republican leaders in the U.S. House would block these facilities from receiving Medicaid dollars. (Lowry, 3/14)