Family planning in Orange and San Bernardino provinces may be forced to expand health services after the approval of the Federal Budget Budget, which prohibits the organization’s Medicaid compensation. Trump’s federal budget package was described by local subsidiary companies as an effective “launch” of family planning.
Christa Holinger, head and director of the family planning company in Orange and San Bernardino provinces, issued a statement on Friday condemning legislation and warning against influencing reproductive health services in the region.
“Under the influence of President Trump, a budget budget bill has passed” family planning “,” Holinger said in a statement. “Once signed, this means that [our affiliate] You will not be able to compensate for the federal dollar through the Medicaid program for all the basic health services that we provide, simply because we provide abortion as a small but important health care services. “
While Federal Law, by amending HYDE, it is already prohibited to use Medicaid Boxes for abortion services, Holinger stressed that the new draft law prohibits the organization from receiving payment of other services it provides, including birth control, cancer examination, testing of sexual intercourse, treatment, and primary care.
“As for family planning, the exclusion of medicaid means that we will lose nearly 50 percent of our revenues,” she said. “As a result, we will have to make difficult operating decisions in order to maintain our mission and continue to serve our patients.”
Orange and San Bernardino provinces serve about 130,000 patients annually. Officials have warned that without payment, many of these individuals, especially low -income patients and patients with lack of services, may face low access to health services.
Hollinger developed the legislation as a political maneuver instead of being financial. She said: “The distinction of family planning is not related to the country’s budget budget.” “This is a blatant attack on the health care of the people who need it more, and a background trying to prevent people from reaching abortion.”
Despite the uncertainty, the organization said it is still committed to providing reproductive health services and caring for legal abortion in California.
“This battle has not ended yet, but we have difficult days,” said Holinger. “Since we are losing federal financing that is a large part of our financial institution, we may have some difficult options to be taken.”
Family planning said it explores budget solutions to maintain care as possible as possible as possible and calls for supporters to help maintain services during what he described as a critical moment to access health care in the region.