{"id":1051511,"date":"2025-02-14T14:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051511"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:28:16","slug":"icymi-dr-oz-could-decide-if-pregnant-patients-get-emergency-care-in-anti-choice-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dr-oz-could-decide-if-pregnant-patients-get-emergency-care-in-anti-choice-states\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Dr. Oz Could Decide If Pregnant Patients Get Emergency Care In Anti-Choice States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201cTrump\u2019s selection of Oz \u2014 who has called abortion \u2018murder,\u2019 asserted that life begins at conception, and said that reproductive decisions should be between \u2018women, doctors, [and] local political leaders\u2019 \u2014 to lead the agency has caused alarm for some \u2026 Among the senators\u2019 questions are whether Oz would implement recommendations from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation\u2019s policy blueprint for Trump\u2019s second term, including directives to limit EMTALA\u2019s protections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/dr-oz-medicare-medicaid-emtala-abortion-1235265286\/\"><strong>Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Dr. Oz Could Decide If Pregnant Patients Get Emergency Care In Anti-Abortion States<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Tessa Stuart&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CMS oversees Medicare coverage for some 65 million Americans, and provides support for an additional 79 million covered by state-administered Medicaid and CHIP programs. It\u2019s a massive portfolio \u2014 and one that wields enormous influence over access to birth control and reproductive health care for a broad swath of American women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Trump\u2019s selection of Oz \u2014 who has called abortion \u201cmurder,\u201d asserted that life begins at conception, and said that reproductive decisions should be between \u201cwomen, doctors, [and] local political leaders\u201d \u2014 to lead the agency has caused alarm for some<\/strong>, including from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who sits on the Senate committee that will hold his hearings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Among the senators\u2019 questions are whether Oz would implement recommendations from Project 2025<\/strong>, the Heritage Foundation\u2019s policy blueprint for Trump\u2019s second term, <strong>including directives to limit EMTALA\u2019s protections<\/strong>, including by \u201cwithdrawing the Biden Administration\u2019s July 2022 guidance on EMTALA\u2019s preemption of state-level abortion bans, ending investigations into alleged EMTALA violations, and eliminating existing injunctions and withdrawing or settling existing lawsuits under EMTALA.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The senators also question whether Oz would withdraw Biden-era guidance encouraging states to apply for Medicaid funding earmarked to expand access to reproductive health care, and <strong>whether he would, as Project 2025 recommends, exclude Planned Parenthood from state Medicaid funds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cYour record is alarming, and it is important that Congress and the public understand how you would use CMS authorities to impact reproductive care access if confirmed to serve as CMS Administrator,\u201d Warren and Duckworth wrote, requesting Oz\u2019s answers in writing by February 19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cTrump\u2019s selection of Oz \u2014 who has called abortion \u2018murder,\u2019 asserted that life begins at conception, and said that reproductive decisions should be between \u2018women, doctors, [and] local political leaders\u2019 \u2014 to lead the agency has caused alarm for some \u2026 Among the senators\u2019 questions are whether Oz would implement recommendations from Project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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