APNewsBreak: Data shows drop in Iowa family planning program
The information, which is in a report from the
While providers have ample time to file claims for services — which include birth control and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases — they also try to do so in a timely fashion in order to get paid. It's at the heart of a separate issue involving health care providers seeking reimbursement for claims from private insurances companies now running
Final information on the family planning program won't be available for months, and it may include data from claims initially considered incomplete. Still, the report offers a glimpse at the emerging effects of a decision last year by Republican lawmakers in the new
Even before the legislation, no state or federal funding went toward paying for abortions in
"Overall this shows, whatever table you want to look at, people have less access," said Tomlonovic, whose organization receives and distributes federal funds to organizations that provide family planning services. It helped compile the report along with
According to the data, 6,897 people were enrolled in
The program has seen a steady decline in enrollment since at least 2013, when there were 28,935 people enrolled in the program during the first three months. A large drop the following year for the same period is tied to people seeking coverage elsewhere under the Affordable Care Act.
The latest reduction of about 48 percent in enrollment compares to about a 15 percent drop the previous year.
In the first three months, claims were submitted from 957 unique health care providers, according to the data. That's compared to 1,432 for those months in the previous year. The count for services accessed in the first three months was 2,664, compared to 3,866 during that time the previous year.
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"What we want to make sure is that the people who need services know where to find it," he said at the time.
Republican lawmakers agreed to give up about
Those lawmakers also argued there would be no decline in available family planning services because other providers would step up. The preliminary data shows no uptick in rural health care providers participating in the program.
"Bottom line is that fewer patients, fewer providers means less health care is being delivered," she said.
"We're seeing this kind of ideologically motivated campaign against women's access to reproductive health across the country," she said.
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