There are many non-PP clinics, but the point is more that PP eats up all the funding and often revokes care. Abortion funds are mostly volunteer run and use all the money to help people access abortion. They need the money and PP doesn’t.
I get why my post makes it seem that way, and I am sorry about that. I have a trans kid and many/ most of my posts are about supporting trans people. I am desperate for her and all trans people to continue to have access to care.
I wonder if they can be sued for violating Arizona Law?
An EO is not the law, and any relevant AZ law would have to be obeyed.
Also, AFAIK no US law has been changed. 🤔
I think the CMS directive might be what they're acting on. I'm not sure what weight that carries, but I assume Oz and Co. cutting the federal funding is a real possibility. Still trying to find more info.
That directive seems to be focused on banning GAC for "children" (maybe as high as age 21, though that paragraph of the letter seems even more baseless than the rest of it).
21 year old "children" who can take out a mortgage, get married, and be forcibly conscripted to die for the state.
Trans people are "children" until we're 25 because "our brains aren't fully developed". Unless we commit a crime, in which case nobody is prosecuting us under juvenile law. Repulsive
irrelevant. if this holds nothing stops Trump/states using same tactic to target all age GAC. if so easy, imo who care about Planned Parenthood mission should ABANDON them. find ways to create new mechanisms of healthcare not reliant on Gov funds. either way I won't be donating again unless resolved
I am so, so sorry. I don't know what to do or say or if there's anything I can do to help, other than keeping kicking up a fuss for my sisters and brothers and siblings. This is fucking evil.
Note than this does not say they cannot provide GAC, it says medicare and medicaid cannot cover it. They stopped providing it because they wanted to and this gives them an excuse. I sent a message to my doctor asking if they were this too. In AZ, using a different provider than PP for the record.
Respectfully, what it says is that they will not provide Medicaid or Medicare dollars (that means any, any at all) to clinics that also provide GAC. This same tactic was used in many states to deny Medicaid money (any) to clinics that also provided abortion care.
It is very different from “Medicare or Medicaid won’t cover GAC,” it’s “If you provide GAC, your entire Medicaid and Medicare patient base cannot be covered here.”
sounds good, right? but also GOP is setting rule ALL ages GAC is NOT medically necessary under ACA, declaring all GAC invalid and worse deem ANY group affirming trans can't get funding. it's fascist level and as bad as claimed if it works.. don't be fooled..but capitulation like PP is NOT the answer
I'm literally calling them out for unnecessarily canceling care. Anticipatory compliance means doing things not that the regime demands, but what you think they'll want next. That's what this is.
bits like: Furthermore, in order for fed financial participation to be avail, Section 1927(g) requires each state develop a drug utilization review (DUR) program to assure prescribed
drugs are appropriate, medically necessary, and are not likely to result in adverse results.
there is literally NOTHING saying this only applies to minors and nothing saying if Trump can get away with this concerning minors similar tactic couldn't as easily and with few barriers be applied to trans adults. PP capitulating here means they can't EVER be trusted. My family's donations end here
then why the fuck did they stop GAC for adults too, I wonder? get a clue. how they are wording these things is intended to cause confusion to see what they can get away with in order to eventually make GAC for ALL ages impossible to get. and that aside, it's also GD wrong to outright ban for minors
I'm not sure why you're going after me over this. I'm pointing out that they were not actually ordered to stop GAC, yet they're stopping it anyway. Again, anticipatory compliance. PPAZ chose this course of action, they were not forced.
sorry, I don't mean to "go after you" personally..but my point is these EOs are specifically purposely designed to be vague in ways to obfuscate..there are ways to de facto "ban" things without outright banning them, and just now that's what's GOP is attempting, and inching beyond minors to ALL GAC
Planned Parenthood organizations do not pause services without being advised to do so by their legal counsel. Currently, Planned Parenthood Arizona is embroiled in a legal battle that will determine if they are even able to accept Medicare or Medicaid at all.
imo that's all the more reason to start thinking outside the box to create networks of healthcare to provide what they legally can at reduced prices and not reliant on Gov funds. it won't be easy, but it is possible with enough dedication. groups with structure like PP has been defeated, sad to say.
How can you expect people to fight for YOUR rights, when you wont fight for theirs. This is the absolute worst thing @ppfa.org could have done. Divide and Conquer is the goal and all services will be next.
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-abortion-funds-to-donate-money-to-roe-v-wade/
This is illegal.
An EO is not the law, and any relevant AZ law would have to be obeyed.
Also, AFAIK no US law has been changed. 🤔
https://www.lookoutnews.org/citing-funding-risks-clinics-cancel-gender-affirming-treatment-for-adults/
Trans people are "children" until we're 25 because "our brains aren't fully developed". Unless we commit a crime, in which case nobody is prosecuting us under juvenile law. Repulsive
It’s the only anti-trans Medicaid directive I’m aware of from yesterday, but you never know these days, i guess there could be another 🫠
i have three weeks of hrt left.
this will >literally< kill me @ppfa.org
Statement:
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/statement-cms-administrator-dr-mehmet-oz-letter-state-medicaid-agencies
Letter:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/letter-stm.pdf
drugs are appropriate, medically necessary, and are not likely to result in adverse results.
Weak minded, feeble, Crumb Maidens.