Draft ACA-Repeal Bill Blocks Federal Medicaid Pay To Planned Parenthood

A draft House Republican ACA-overhaul bill would block federal Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood for a year, and although the provision is not surprising -- the GOP included such a provision in the 2015 reconciliation bill -- it could be contentious even among Republicans. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) reportedly recently told Alaskan lawmakers that Planned Parenthood funding has no place in the debate over the future of the Affordable Care Act. The Feb. 10 draft bill would prohibit federal funding...