There are plenty of not for profits - including Planned Parenthood available. It’s not just about providing abortions. Unfortunately, even in states where abortion is not allowed or performed by Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court just made it legal for states to forbid people on Medicaid from going to planned parenthood which is often the only place available for them to get contraceptives free and cheaply and counseling.
We pay when someone who doesn’t want kids receives permanent birth control (a bilateral salpingectomy is a surgical procedure to remove both fallopian tubes), preventing any need for an abortion in the future. They lock in their reproductive choice, avoiding at least $330k per child (in 2023 dollars) in expenses 0-18, as well as avoiding the creation of an unwanted child if they cannot get an abortion as the US reproductive healthcare situation rapidly degrades. If they change their mind in the future, IVF is an option (although the data shows regret rates to be very low).
At the moment, this permanent birth control is covered by the ACA at 100% as preventative care. We have prepared for any changes to this by establishing travel logistics across the border into Canada, Mexico, and other LATAM destinations at favorable rates (medical tourism).
Planned Parenthood can continue to receive Medicaid funding by carving off abortion services into an independent entity that receives non government funding for abortions (only 4% of the services Planned Parenthood provides are abortion services).
By empowering women to not have children they never want to have, you empower, enable freedom, and avoid suffering at scale.
No they can’t according to the latest Supreme Court ruling. It’s up to the states now and states where abortion is not allowed or performed by Planned Parenthood are forbidding Medicaid reimbursement for non abortion services.
> But the state-federal health insurance program for lower-income people does pay for other services from Planned Parenthood, including birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
In its 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court overruled lower courts and said that patients don't necessarily have the right to sue for Medicaid to cover their health care from specific providers.
As of this comment, a federal court has granted a temporary restraining order against recently passed federal legislation that defunds Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood.
