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Planned Parenthood warns Medicaid defund and Title X uncertainties threaten services
Summary
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England told the committee Title X funds support family-planning services statewide and that a federal "defund" provision has blocked Medicaid billing to Planned Parenthood through July, forcing state interventions and risking service gaps.
Jessica Barkwas, vice president of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, briefed the committee about Title X and recent federal actions that have disrupted Medicaid reimbursement for Planned Parenthood.
Barkwas said Title X is a federal family-planning program established in 1970 that supports clinical family-planning and related preventive services; she emphasized that Title X funds are not used for abortion-related services. "Title X allows us to provide sliding-scale family-planning care," Barkwas said, and she reported that PPNNE receives approximately $760,000 annually as Vermont’s Title X…
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