“We are a little sad,” said Dudash, the vice president of patient services of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands.
Like many other businesses and nonprofits, Planned Parenthood has been hurt by the pandemic. But leaders say there’s something else that has also affected their bottom line: Washington state’s low Medicaid reimbursement rates.
The organization’s local affiliate said the state simply doesn’t pay enough to cover the actual costs of providing family planning and reproductive health services to Medicaid patients, who make up about 40% of its patient base.
Other clinics have felt the strain, too. Cedar River Clinics, which offers abortions and other family planning services
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