The federal government will halt funding for Texas’ Women’s Health Program on Dec. 31, the country’s Medicaid director wrote in a letter to state health officials the day after her boss, President Obama, was re-elected.

“We have committed to working with you to ensure that any transition or phase-out would minimize disruption in critical health care services for women in Texas,” Cindy Mann wrote. “…We cannot continue to provide full federal funding for a program that is not in compliance with federal law.” 

The Obama administration’s decision to halt funding for the reproductive health and cancer screening ...

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