1. Mr. Trump wants to use Medicaid to cover underprivileged people who can’t afford a private policy. He’d then like to eliminate prescriptions for birth control.
2. The comments are against the Republican party’s views, and differ from what Trump has on his campaign’s website.
“We have to help them through the Medicaid system,” Mr. Trump said. “People have said that’s not the right thing to say, but there is a fairly large percentage who can’t afford it.”
3. Mr. Trump reaffirmed that he would repeal the Affordable Care Act, and he would then award states grants to manage a program. The Urban Institute believes that would increase disparities between states.
4. Mr. Trump wants to eliminate prescriptions for birth control because he doesn’t deem them necessary.
5. Republican candidates are beginning to support over-the-counter birth control, to combat the opinion the party is “waging a war on women.” Planned Parenthood is against the idea because it would allow insurance companies to stop covering the cost of the prescription.
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