Susan Collins-Enabled Medicaid Cuts Force Maine Family Planning to Stop Primary Care Services

Maine Family Planning officially ends primary care due to Collins-greenlit cuts and restrictions to Medicaid funding

Augusta, Maine - In case you missed it, Susan Collins' "key" "pivotal vote" to advance the GOP tax bill has officially led some primary care clinics to close in Maine. Maine Family Planning has now officially closed its primary care clinic doors due to the Collins-greenlit cuts to Medicaid and restrictions on federal funding for health care providers that also provide abortion and reproductive care.

According to multiple reports, the closures could affect "about 8,000 Mainers who accessed health care through the provider's 18 clinics and mobile medical unit last year," and "800 patients in Aroostook and Hancock counties will now need to find new primary care providers."

Maine Democratic Party spokesperson Tommy Garcia:
"Susan Collins greenlit the cuts and restrictions to Medicaid funding that are now forcing primary care clinics to shut down across Maine. Maine voters will know Collins is responsible for their less accessible, more expensive health care and will reject her for failing us in 2026."

Read more:

• Portland Press Herald: Maine clinics move forward with service cuts after federal funding eliminated

• News Center Maine: Maine network ends primary care after losing Medicaid due to Trump defunding Planned Parenthood

• WMTW: Maine Family Planning closes primary care practices after Medicaid funding loss

• WABI: Maine Family Planning ending primary care services due to loss of Medicaid funding

• WGME: Maine Family Planning to close doors of primary care practice

• Maine Public: Maine Family Planning ending primary care services Friday

• Maine Morning Star: Maine Family Planning shutters primary care practices due to loss of Medicaid funding

• Washington Post: Trump's abortion-related cuts prompt Maine clinics to end primary care

• Associated Press: Maine network ends primary care after losing Medicaid due to Trump defunding Planned Parenthood

• ABC News: Maine abortion clinics to end primary care services after being denied Medicaid funding

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