Low-income Texans struggle to find new doctors as state officials boot Planned Parenthood off Medicaid

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English - January 19, 2021 11:00 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MB - ★★★★★ - 103 ratings
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The state's health commission gave Planned Parenthood's Medicaid patients until Feb. 3 to find new doctors. Experts say there are limited places low-income patients can go, in part because Texas already has a shortage of doctors who accept Medicaid, due to the state’s low payment rates.