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Emily Stewart, Director of Public Policy for Planned Parenthood Federation of America presented on Tuesday's panel: The Future of Reproductive Health Care: Prospects for 2017. She addressed the Republican's move to eliminate Planned Parenthood's funding. Planned Parenthood gets its funding from several different government sources. According to the group's most recent annual report, Planned Parenthood affiliates got $553.7 million from federal, state, and local governments, accounting for almost half of its total funding. The report shows that about 75 percent of that government support comes from the Medicaid program to pay for direct medical services provided to low-income patients, including contraception, cancer screenings and sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment. The remaining quarter comes from other sources, primarily the Title X federal family planning program. She debunked myths reported that these funds are used for abortions and the impact defunding would have on women in the United States.

Usha Ranji is Associate Director for Women’s Health Policy at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Her work addresses the impact of major health policy issues on women and girls, with an emphasis on insurance coverage, access to care, and low-income populations. Ms. Ranji was a panelist on the Voices from the Future of Reproductive Health Care. She provided an excellent over-view of the impact that the Affordable Care Act, Title X , Medicaid has had on women's health.

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Children’s Action Network (CAN) is using the power of the entertainment community to increase awareness about children’s issues and to make them a top priority in everyday life.

Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) and, perhaps, replace it with something else.  After taking office, Trump signed an executive order directing his executive administration to take any steps available to repeal and replace the ACA “to minimize the unwarranted economic and […]

The Affordable Care Act established that maternity care and childbirth –– services provided before or after your child is born–– are essential health benefits. This means all qualified health plans inside and outside the Marketplace must cover them. Birth control and other aspects of women’s health care, including breast pumps, mammograms, newborn care, and screenings […]

Medicaid, which is jointly funded by federal and state tax dollars, covers more than 73 million Americans. Many GOP and Democratic states agreed to expand Medicaid under the health law. The incoming administration has stated an interest to restructure how Medicaid coverage for poor Americans is financed by giving block grants of money to states.

HealthCetera's Kristi Westphaln,PNP, #AdverseEffects segment reports on the potential impact of restructuring how Medicaid is financed and the potential impact this might have on providing health care access to children insured by Medicaid.

December 2016, the U.S. Department of Veterans […]