“The fact is that Texas already has a shortage of health care providers who are willing to accept Medicaid patients and half of all births in the state are covered by Medicaid. Each Medicaid birth costs taxpayers more than $16,000 in Medicaid coverage for prenatal care, delivery and first-year health coverage for the child, while care provided through the WHP costs approximately $250 per patient.”
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Guest Column: The Case for Family Planning Funding — Abortion | The Texas Tribune
Cutting programs like the Women’s Health Program largely in a bid to defund Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions—even though zero federal dollars go to funding abortions due to laws already in place—is an enormously counterproductive move that it vastly more expensive in the long-term.