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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PPMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPMI</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/virtual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virtual</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> center is its most popular clinic…serving &gt;10k patients/year. PPMI plans to expand virtual appointments by 40%, including weekend &amp; evening hours.</p><p>"For some rural communities, having access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/telehealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telehealth</span></a> has made significant changes in their health," said Wallett, PPMI's chief <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> operating officer. "In telehealth, I can have an appointment in my car during lunch. I don't have to take extra time off. I don't have to drive there. I don't have to find child care."</p>
Nonilex<p>"We know that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/telehealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telehealth</span></a> cannot bridge every gap; however, the majority of the services <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PPMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPMI</span></a> provides will remain available via the Virtual Health Center &amp; PP Direct, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedicationAbortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicationAbortion</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/birthcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birthcontrol</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> services, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UTI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UTI</span></a> treatment, emergency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contraception</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a>-affirming care, &amp; yeast infection treatment. Learn more at ppmi.org/telehealth."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Asked if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlannedParenthood</span></a>'s natl <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> structure needs to change, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PPMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPMI</span></a> CEO Thornton Greear said: "I think that it needs to be looked at, &amp; what they're able to do. I know that that is actively happening."<br>When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marquette</span></a> clinic's closure was announced, dozens of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> voiced their concerns in Google reviews, w/several saying the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clinic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clinic</span></a> had "saved my life," &amp; describing how they'd been helped after an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/assault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assault</span></a>, or been able to get low-cost <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> when they couldn't afford other options.</p>
Nonilex<p>Historically, about 28% of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PPMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPMI</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> receive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> benefits.And like many states, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>'s Medicaid program doesn't cover <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>, leaving patients to either pay out-of-pocket or rely on help from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionFunds</span></a>, which have been struggling financially.<br>“When patients can't afford care, that means that they might not be showing up to clinics,”said the National Abortion Federation,which had to cut its budget nearly in half, from covering 50% of an eligible patient's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>costs</span></a> to 30%.</p>
Nonilex<p>While the current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TitleX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TitleX</span></a> freeze doesn't yet include <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlannedParenthood</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PPMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPMI</span></a>'s chief advocacy officer, Ashlea Phenicie, said it would amount to a loss of about $5.4 million annually, or 16% of its budget.</p><p>PPMI didn't shut down any clinics the last time the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin froze its Title X <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>. …because the funding was stopped for only about 2 years, 2019–2021, when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> restored it.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Clinics are also bracing for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to again exclude them from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TitleX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TitleX</span></a>, the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> for low- &amp; no-cost <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilyPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPlanning</span></a> services, as the previous Trump admin did in 2019.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlannedParenthood</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PPMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPMI</span></a>) says the cuts are painful but necessary for the organization's long-term sustainability.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a></p>