While advocates focused on Planned Parenthood, the bill did not mention it by name. Instead, it cut off reimbursements for organizations that are primarily engaged in family planning services — which generally include things such as contraception, abortion and pregnancy tests — and received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023.

Accessing health care in Maine — one of the Northeast’s poorest states and its most rural — is a challenge in areas far from population centers such as Portland and Bangor.

Por PATRICK WHITTLE y GEOFF MULVIHILLPORTLAND, Maine, EE.UU. (AP) — Un artículo en la ley republicana sobre recortes fiscales destinado a bloquear el flujo de dólares de Medicaid