HHS Hits California, Vermont Medical System Over Abortion Policies
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will withhold at least $200 million in federal Medicaid funds from California in the first quarter of 2021 because the state is illegally forcing insurance companies and employers, including a Roman Catholic order of religious sisters, to cover abortion “without exclusion or limitation.”
The move comes as the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Dec. 16 a series of enforcement actions aimed at organizations it says are violating conscience-protection laws related to abortion. OCR, through its Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, is responsible for enforcing federal conscience statutes.
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The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is blocking $200 million in federal funds to California over the state’s abortion practices.
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statement released by the Department of Health and Human Services stated that the funds would be withheld from California “due to the state illegally mandating that all health care plans subject to regulation by the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) cover abortion without exclusion or limitation.”
The administration said California is violating the Weldon Amendment, an anti-discrimination law meant to shield insurers from punishment if they don’t cover abortions.
Where are the first COVID-19 vaccines in NH going? We don’t quite know
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CONCORD As the first allotments of vaccines were distributed across the country this week, multiple states were eager to broadcast who the first recipients would be.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott informed the public on Monday that 1,950 doses were split between the State Vaccine Depot and the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington to be given to front-line medical workers.
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services published a comprehensive list showing nearly 6,000 doses going to seven hospitals during the first week of rollout. Maine, which has a population similar to New Hampshire’s but has nearly four times the geographic area, named each facility receiving Pfizer doses. State officials said that next week about 3,000 more Pfizer does would be handed out, along with 22,000 Moderna vaccine shots going to nearly every medical facility in the
COVID-19 vaccination campaign begins with Vermont hospitals
December 16, 2020 GMT
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Vermont’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is beginning with the inoculations of medical professionals across the state before expanding to residents of long-term care facilities, and then the general population.
The first dose of the vaccine was administered Tuesday to a nurse at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Later Tuesday, five nurses were vaccinated at the Rutland Regional Medical Center.
On Wednesday, vaccinations are scheduled to begin at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington.
Vaccinations will begin soon at the state’s nursing homes. Front-line medical workers get first priority for the vaccines, followed by nursing home residents.
Where are the first COVID-19 vaccines going? We don t exactly know.
State workers unpack the first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to New Hampshire.
Published: 12/16/2020 3:53:09 PM
As the first allotments of vaccines were distributed across the country this week, neighboring states broadcast who the first recipients would be.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott informed the public on Monday that 1,950 doses were split between the State Vaccine Depot and the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington to be given to front line medical workers.
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services published a comprehensive list showing nearly 6,000 doses going to seven hospitals during the first week of rollout. Maine, which has a similar population as New Hampshire but is nearly four times the size in geographic area, named each facility receiving Pfizer doses. State officials announced that during the second week about 3,000 more Pfizer does would be handed out, alo