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Planned Parenthood secures $1 million in Obamacare grants

so cheap, needs to be 21 million PLUS!

Joan McCarter
Thu Sep 03, 2015 at 08:49 AM PDT

Thank YOU Obama, You did what you could.


Cue the wing-nut outrage: [ http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/252597-planned-parenthood-awarded-1-million-in-obamacare-grants ]

The Obama administration on Wednesday awarded more than $1 million in grants to Planned Parenthood to help promote ObamaCare, a move that is drawing GOP criticism at a time when the healthcare provider is under congressional investigation.

Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) blasted the White House's decision as "unconscionable" in light of allegations of illegal activity in the health provider’s fetal tissue program, which has prompted key Republicans to call for a total defunding of the organization.

"A growing body of evidence suggests that Planned Parenthood broke federal law and now the Obama administration is thumbing its nose at Congress and taxpayers by using this backdoor maneuver to boost funding for the scandal-ridden abortion giant," Black wrote in a statement Wednesday.

Let me help The Hill out a little bit here. That should be "debunked" [ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/28/1416125/-The-Planned-Parenthood-sting-videos-are-total-bullpucky-but-that-won-t-stop-the-GOP ] allegations. It should also point out that the "evidence" is entirely manufactured out of amateur video splicing. And, seriously, conspiracy queen Diane Black for the quote?

Three state affiliates, in Iowa, Missouri and Montana, will get a total of about $1 million to act as navigators to get the word out about the fall enrollment period, and to help people who qualify get on Medicaid. They are part of a larger $70 million round of grants going out around the country. "This year's Navigator grantees will help expand access to local help in many states," the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote in a statement.

That's Planned Parenthood doing what it does best—help people get health care, either through direct provision or referrals. It's particularly helpful for Montana, which just this year decided to take the Medicaid expansion. Planned Parenthood there will definitely increase the outreach to the population in the gap.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/03/1418039/-Planned-Parenthood-secures-1-million-in-Obamacare-grants