This is just in from Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties (PPOSBC) - Orange County has ended negotiations for a breast health program. Here is the press release - more analysis and details to follow.
From PPOSBC:
After months of good faith negotiations, the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) has arbitrarily refused to provide the full amount allocated to Planned Parenthood for our much-needed breast health program.
We have done everything in our power to meet all of the guidelines and restrictions imposed by the HCA. There are adequate funds to run the program but they are refusing to release them. HCA has not stated their intentions for the money that had been originally set aside for our vital health education and services. Acting under the direction of the Board of Supervisors, the HCA has created a series of programmatic and fiscal barriers that have made it impossible for us to offer the services outline in our proposal.
The suggested program would have provided increased access to diagnostic testing and follow-up care for women with a detected breast abnormality
who are at high-risk for breast cancer. Regardless of county funding, Planned Parenthood is still committed to providing uninsured women in Orange County with quality health care. We will continue to operate our current Beast Health Program that provides clinical breast exams, breast health and cancer prevention education and outreach, and treatment referrals to women under 40 in Orange County.
To see where we stand, take a look at our final correspondence with HCA regarding this year’s TSR funding.
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