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I'm still scratching my head a little, so lets reframe it another way: Why isn't it news that Planned Parenthood has a monopoly on this health service contract

I'm still scratching my head a little, so lets reframe it another way: Why isn't it news that Planned Parenthood has a monopoly on this health service contract? (Perhaps their extended operational history made them the most qualified) Why is the only part of that contract in question related to one of the services they provide? I'll skim wikipedia, I suppose. I understand the convenience they offer and I don't expect to get the answers here. I think it will be non-news after they get defunded and continue operating on a fraction of the budget, I mean, or not.

rabboRubble 10y ago
I found this for you... https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/how-federal-funding-works-at-planned-parenthood https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/how-federal-fun... PP doesn't have a monopoly on federal funding. In Oregon, at least, one provider for Medicaid services is Providence Hospital. Providence is a Catholic hospital which means they don't provide surgical or medicinal abortions. I can get a routine OBGYN check through Providence but if I'm pregnant and don't want to be, then Providence will refuse care. On a personal note, I have a medical condition called endometrial hyperplasia which can be treated with an progesterone infused IUD or difficult-to-manage progesterone pill treatment taking only some days of the 28 day cycle. Due to the need for routine biopsies, I ultimately decided to go with the pill (although I'm 2nd guessing the choice because it's so easy to screw up the pill dosing). I could tell the Providence doctor was really uncomfortable with the idea of providing an IUD. Many Catholics believe the IUD is an abortive type birth control and refuse to provide it. I may be going back to PP if I decide that an IUD is the better way to handle my condition. If I were more stupid or less able to deal with remembering odd calendar based dosing regimes, the IUD would be the only solution. (Edit: I'd also recommend reading this article about the oversized impact of Catholic hospitals in Washington State. https://www.propublica.org/article/catholic-hospitals-grow-and-with-them-questions-of-care https://www.propublica.org/article/catholic-hospitals-grow-a.... Apparently PP was paid $2million to open a branch across from a hospital being taken over by Providence! Also note lack of emergency contraception for rape victims and mismanagement of miscarriages in Catholic hospitals.)
- elastic_church 10y ago
  thanks! that was very insightful

rabboRubble 10y ago

I found this for you... https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/how-federal-funding-works-at-planned-parenthood https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/how-federal-fun... PP doesn't have a monopoly on federal funding. In Oregon, at least, one provider for Medicaid services is Providence Hospital. Providence is a Catholic hospital which means they don't provide surgical or medicinal abortions. I can get a routine OBGYN check through Providence but if I'm pregnant and don't want to be, then Providence will refuse care. On a personal note, I have a medical condition called endometrial hyperplasia which can be treated with an progesterone infused IUD or difficult-to-manage progesterone pill treatment taking only some days of the 28 day cycle. Due to the need for routine biopsies, I ultimately decided to go with the pill (although I'm 2nd guessing the choice because it's so easy to screw up the pill dosing). I could tell the Providence doctor was really uncomfortable with the idea of providing an IUD. Many Catholics believe the IUD is an abortive type birth control and refuse to provide it. I may be going back to PP if I decide that an IUD is the better way to handle my condition. If I were more stupid or less able to deal with remembering odd calendar based dosing regimes, the IUD would be the only solution. (Edit: I'd also recommend reading this article about the oversized impact of Catholic hospitals in Washington State. https://www.propublica.org/article/catholic-hospitals-grow-and-with-them-questions-of-care https://www.propublica.org/article/catholic-hospitals-grow-a.... Apparently PP was paid $2million to open a branch across from a hospital being taken over by Providence! Also note lack of emergency contraception for rape victims and mismanagement of miscarriages in Catholic hospitals.)

elastic_church 10y ago
thanks! that was very insightful