The Trump admin. on Friday threatened California with a potential loss of federal health care funds over the state's requirement that insurance plans cover abortions.
The federal Health and Human Services Department said it is issuing a"notice of violation," giving California 30 days to comply with a federal law known as the Weldon amendment. That law bars federal health care funding from being provided to states or entities that practice"discrimination" against a health care organization on the basis that it"does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
Severino did not specify which of many streams of federal health care funds amounting to tens of billions of dollars might be in jeopardy for California. That could include money for community health centers, Medicaid health insurance for low-income people, and basic public health activities like educating parents about vaccines.
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