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Fight over Medicaid alarms OB-GYN patients

GETTING TESTED: A member of the medical staff conducts an examination on a patient at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England’s Providence Health Center recently. Officials and patients are concerned that Medicaid funding changes could alter access to routine health care services. 
COURTESY PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND/ALLISON TULK PHOTOGRAPHY
GETTING TESTED: A member of the medical staff conducts an examination on a patient at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England’s Providence Health Center recently. Officials and patients are concerned that Medicaid funding changes could alter access to routine health care services. 
COURTESY PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND/ALLISON TULK PHOTOGRAPHY

Planned Parenthood ­patients are worried. Many patients in Rhode Island and elsewhere who rely on the nonprofit for OB-GYN services could lose that assistance under a new federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood and similar organizations that offer abortion services from collecting Medicaid reimbursements. The law, part of the $4.5 ­trillion tax breaks and spending

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