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Boston Globe
09-07-2025
- Health
- Boston Globe
In Trump vs. Planned Parenthood, New England states brace for cuts
She said her organization is facing a loss of $5 million, including the Trump administration's decision earlier in the year to withhold federal family planning funds — or about 42 percent of the organization's annual total patient revenue. Advertisement 'It's not something we can simply sustain,' said Clegg. Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up The organization could still see its approximately 8,000 patients insured by Medicaid in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, but Planned Parenthood wouldn't be able to receive payment for services such as cancer screenings, birth control, and annual exams, according to Clegg. Planned Parenthood in New Hampshire has still not received $500,000 in family planning funds since The family planning program provides cancer screenings, birth control, and exams to low-income and uninsured residents. In Maine, about $400,000 has been frozen in family planning funds, and the state could lose another $1 million in Medicaid reimbursements. Vermont stands to lose about $1.6 million in Medicaid reimbursements, and Planned Parenthood believes an additional $760,000 for the state's family planning program could be at risk as well. Advertisement Planned Parenthood will be able to continue charging Medicaid as usual under the judge's 14-day decision, with the possibility it could be renewed for another 14 days, according to Clegg. 'Ideally, the courts make a determination that this was illegal, which is what we believe is the case,' said Clegg. In its If the court doesn't rule in their favor, Clegg said the organization will turn to state leaders and community fund-raising efforts for additional support. The organization estimates that about 200 health centers across the country could close as a result of the cuts. Since 2022, Planned Parenthood has closed seven health centers in Vermont and one in New Hampshire, according to Clegg. She said the centers that are most at risk are in areas that are already medically underserved. The In New Hampshire, Planned Parenthood serves about 10,000 patients a year, and one in five are on Medicaid, according to Montgomery. Medicaid insurance Advertisement 'The Trump Administration is ending the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion — a commonsense position that the overwhelming majority of Americans agree with,' a A spokesperson for New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the state's family planning program. Amanda Gokee can be reached at
Wales Online
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Wales Online
Manager who Robbie Savage sacked at Macclesfield doesn't hold back about Forest Green move
Manager who Robbie Savage sacked at Macclesfield doesn't hold back about Forest Green move After Robbie Savage departed Macclesfield to join Forest Green Rovers, a manager the former Premier League star previously sacked has offered his clear thoughts on the move Robbie Savage was recently unveiled as the new manager of Forest Green Rovers, and posed for a picture with owner Dale Vince (Image: FGRFC_Official/X ) A former Macclesfield manager that was sacked by Robbie Savage believes the club will be in a "better position" now the ex-Wales captain has left. Savage, 50, was recently unveiled as the new manager of League Two side Forest Green Rovers. His move comes one year after he appointed himself as head coach of the Silkmen and four years after he became a board member of the re-launched side. Before he inserted himself into the dugout, Savage was a director of football at Macclesfield. He parted with predecessor Michael Clegg, before appointing himself as head coach. In his one and only season in charge, Macclesfield dominated the Northern Premier League, winning the title by 26 points and comfortably getting promoted into the National League North – the sixth tier of English football. Despite committing last month to remain with the Silkmen by extending his contract by two years, Savage ultimately resigned as head coach and director of football, but remained a part-owner of the club. After news of his exit was confirmed, Clegg tweeted his reaction. He wrote: " A massive day for Macc (Macclesfield). They are now in a better position than ever… this club will fly now.' Article continues below While replying to another fan on social media, Clegg reaffirmed his comment, writing: " My life since Macc has been amazing. From office staff to players to maintenance men. There will be a party tonight. Trust me." Clegg is now the manager of Atherton Collieries (Image: MacclesfieldFC/X ) Clegg was appointed as manager of Macclesfield in February 2024 and came within 90 minutes of promotion in the NPL Premier play-off final, but the Silkmen lost 2-1 to Marine. While various reports claimed Clegg was sacked by the club, he told the Bolton News the decision was a mutual one. Clegg, who is now the manager of Atherton Collieries, said: "Working at a club of that size it's a lot of phone calls from agents, there was always something, but I just always had a feeling that I wouldn't start the season, whether that was for me or from their side. I was right. "Everything dragged on longer than it should have done. I wasn't an angel, and I could have handled it better. I didn't need to leave the club. "A lot of people thought I got sacked but the club was keen for me to stay but the terms of my work there were different to the terms of my contract, and that is what I wasn't happy with. Savage guided Macclesfield to promotion to the National League North (Image: Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror ) "Absolutely nothing to do with money, anything but, more that the conditions they wanted me to work under were a no-go. I got on really well with the board, well, there was only one person I didn't get on with, but once they knew how torn that relationship was it proved impossible to carry on." Not long after Savage's exit, Macclesfield announced the appointment of John Rooney – the younger brother of Manchester United legend Wayne – as manager. Rooney had spent the last two years as a player of the club, but will now become the new head coach. Article continues below He will be supported by a backroom team consisting of Nigel Keogh, Peter Band and Anthony Curran.
Scottish Sun
19-06-2025
- Health
- Scottish Sun
The new life-saving tech that ALL Scots need to know about – it's a game-changer
'We've got lots of defibs where we don't really need them and not many defibs where we urgently do need them.' HEART STARTER The new life-saving tech that ALL Scots need to know about – it's a game-changer Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) AN innovative new map which works out where defibrillators should be placed is setting Scotland on a route to a life-saving future. When someone has a cardiac arrest, their chance of survival drops by ten per cent for every minute they're waiting for an ambulance. 2 Defibrillators need to be in the right place 2 For every minute without help, the chance of survival dips So getting access to a shock from a defib can mean the difference between life and death. But experts have discovered these vital machines are not always in the right place. Now PADmap has been created to pinpoint exactly where they should be placed to save the most lives. Dr Gareth Clegg, who leads the resuscitation research group at the University of Edinburgh, said: 'Currently about 4,000 people a year will have a cardiac arrest and about ten per cent of them will survive. "We think as many as a quarter of them should be surviving. 'But the issue is help has to be delivered very, very quickly and it has to be delivered by the people around them while the ambulance is on the way. 'And we've got lots of defibs where we don't really need them and not many defibs where we urgently do need them.' The medic, also an associate medical director with the Scottish Ambulance Service, said to boost someone's chance of recovery, bystanders need to perform CPR and access to a defib. Dr Clegg said: 'Nobody's really nailed this convincingly anywhere in the world. In built-up areas you just need to have defibs around the place and available so that somebody can run and get one. The ambulance service will always tell you where the nearest defib is if it's registered. 'Defibs need to be in high enough quantities and currently we're nowhere near high enough quantities in Scotland. But they also need to be in the right places.' How to perform CPR on an adult The expert's research group discovered that while the number of defibs in Scotland has gone up dramatically over the last few years, their use hasn't increased in the same way. He said: 'That's because more and more communities that are well off are buying defibs and putting them in places where cardiac arrests aren't happening. They happen in the poorer communities that don't have defibs.' PADmap takes two sources of information - historical data about where cardiac arrests have happened and where defibs are located right now. Dr Clegg explained: 'It puts them together using some clever maths, that we borrowed from the University of Toronto, and forms a map that says if you're going to put another defib in your area, this is where you should put it for maximum benefit. 'Where there isn't already a defib and where they're most likely to be cardiac arrested in the future. And we can predict that fairly accurately. We don't know when they're going to happen but we do know where they're most likely to happen.' The map is available to the public so communities that fundraise for defibs can work out exactly where to put them. And, despite launching less than three months ago, it's working already. The team behind PADmap contacted avid fundraiser Martin Stuart, who has been instrumental in the placement and guardianship of 123 defibrillators across the Falkirk area. Dr Clegg said: 'We plugged into Martin when he was applying for money from Falkirk Council to buy more defibs. We gave him some locations for placement and, because he's an obsessional kind of guy, he's got details of when every defib he's put out was used. 'And the defibs he put out using PADmap locations were twice as likely to be used with 66 per cent more shocks delivered. 'This mini study shows PADmap beats intuition and it beats sensible thoughts about footfall because where cardiac arrest happens is far more nuanced.' And the team has already been in touch with others to share the tech. LIFE-SAVING SUPPORT LIFE-SAVING charity St Andrew's First Aid says tools like PADmap are vital to keep Scotland's hearts ticking. Chief executive Stuart Callison said: 'As Scotland's only dedicated first aid charity, we're proud to support PADmap, which is transforming how life-saving resources are provided. 'By using real data to place defibrillators where they are needed most, PADmap is helping to ensure that no one is left without access to life saving-support in a moment of critical need.' Dr Clegg said: 'We have approached other ambulance services and had chats with people in Slovenia and Canada. 'We're in serious conversation with the Welsh ambulance service, with Northern Ireland, with the North East ambulance service too. And the offer to them is, we'll put their data on PADmap and make it freely available at no charge. All we're asking for is for them to cover the cost to the developer. 'We're committed to the idea that if people put not just more defibs out, but more defibs in the right places, it will save more lives.'
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Proposed city budget sparks debate on use of PSVS money
A presentation over the city's proposed budget turned into a debate about the use of Measure N funds Wednesday, as Bakersfield City Council members alternately decried or defended how the city spends the tax dollars. Council members were presented with a proposed budget of $850.2 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year, a $46.4 million reduction from the previous year. City Manager Christian Clegg attributed the reduction to minimal or no growth in tax revenues amid a larger economic slowdown. The proposed budget includes a $5 million reduction in operations and hiring freezes for most vacant positions for the first quarter of the fiscal year. 'The city has taken a much closer look at discretionary operational expenses with many departments reducing those budget line items with the understanding that more challenging financial circumstances lie ahead,' Clegg wrote in his introduction to the proposed budget. But the city's budget was only balanced using a $12 million allocation from the city's Public Safety and Vital Services fund, a 1% sales tax narrowly approved by voters in 2017 as Measure N. That was never the intended purpose of the money, according to Ward 3 Councilman Ken Weir, who said voters approved the measure with the understanding that the funds would be put toward new expenditures with a focus on public safety. 'Voters approved PSVS on the condition that we would not spend money that has already been on our books; it would be allocated to new things,' Weir said. 'The public was told we won't use the money for the expenses in the original general fund.' Ward 6 Councilman Zack Bashirtash was similarly critical of how PSVS funds were being spent, particularly on services for the homeless. "I don't believe that homelessness has gotten better or stayed the same. In my opinion, it's getting worse," Bashirtash said, noting the substantial amount of money the city provides to homeless service organizations. "We're talking about giving millions of dollars to organizations that have already received tens of millions of dollars," Bashirtash said. Clegg and other council members defended use of the funds, arguing the city had been able to shelter hundreds more people a year and has moved more than 400 into permanent housing. Ward 2 Councilman Andrae Gonzales noted PSVS funding had allowed the city to hire roughly 80 police officers and make several other improvements across the city. "When we approached the voters with Measure N, it was to preserve and enhance vital services," Gonzales said. "We had experienced two decades worth of cut after cut, cutting core services to the bare bone." Ward 1 Councilman Eric Arias listed several projects in his district funded by PSVS money and pointed to programs created by the funding he said increased quality of life. "I can't talk enough about how great the park rangers have been for our community, keeping our parks safe," Arias said. Arias noted that the city had seen a 57% reduction in homicides and a 60% reduction in shootings, which officials attributed to the work of a city-funded intervention program. Still, Weir and Bashirtash maintained the city's PSVS money was being ill-spent. "We know what the solution is for criminals, but we're spending money on not the solution," Bashirtash said. "At what point in time are we going to stop feeding the problem and actually start feeding the solution so that taxpayers are getting what they're paying for taxes?" Weir said calling the budget balanced by using PSVS dollars was misleading. "This year we've used $12 million of money that we should not have used," Weir said. "Now, I'm not going to argue about who spent what or anything else. I'm telling you we did a disservice to the people of this community, and we owe them $12 million." The city's budget will be formally introduced at the council's next meeting June 11. The city's fiscal year starts July 1.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rep. Pingree decries cuts to Planned Parenthood, Medicaid
May 28—Rep. Chellie Pingree on Wednesday slammed the House Republicans' budget bill for targeting Planned Parenthood's federal funding and for the bill's overall health cutbacks to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. "If this bill passes, you would be seeing a massive loss in access to health care," Pingree, D-1st District, said during a roundtable discussion she hosted at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England offices in Portland. Nicole Clegg, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England — which provides abortion care, reproductive health care and other primary care services — said the nonprofit would stand to lose about $5.2 million in federal funding if the current version of the bill is signed into law. That represents about half of the annual revenue for the nonprofit, which serves Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. "Everything is on the table," Clegg said when asked if clinics and service lines could shut down. "That is a tragedy." Planned Parenthood operates clinics in Portland, Biddeford, Topsham and Sanford. Clegg said the bill is "about targeting states where abortion is legal and making it impossible to access." Federal funding does not pay for abortions, but Planned Parenthood receives federal dollars for its other health care services, including through Medicaid. Maine Family Planning, the state's other abortion provider, is not specifically targeted in the bill the way Planned Parenthood is, but it would be affected by the health care cutbacks in the bill. Besides Planned Parenthood clinics across the country being under threat, the House bill would also result in about 14 million Americans becoming uninsured, including a projected 38,000 people in Maine. The increase in the uninsured rate and other cutbacks to to health care will result in rural hospitals closing, a sicker population and insurance rates increasing, Pingree said. Republicans who voted in favor of the bill argue that it's rooting out "waste, fraud and abuse" in Medicaid, and that government is bloated and needs to be cut. "We're not doing any cutting of anything meaningful," President Donald Trump told reporters after the bill passed the House. The bill has yet to be taken up in the Senate, where Republicans hold a four-seat majority. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has said she's against Medicaid cutbacks, but has also said she would be willing to consider "reasonable" work requirements. The House bill would result in people losing Medicaid coverage if they fail to meet work requirements or incorrectly filling out paperwork. Pingree said the work requirement provisions are effectively cutting Medicaid because the bureaucracy surrounding filling out the forms and meeting the paperwork requirements will result in people losing coverage. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that 13.7 million Americans will lose their health insurance if the current version of the bill passes. According to KFF, a health policy think tank, about 75% of current Medicaid recipients work or are students, with most of the remaining 25% not working because they are disabled or retired. The bill would also cut health care by reducing Affordable Care Act subsidies that make ACA insurance premiums less costly. While Collins and a few other Republican moderates, such as Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, may be pushing scale back Medicaid cutbacks, some conservatives in the Senate are saying the bill doesn't go far enough and are pushing for larger cuts. Meredith Ruxton McIntosh, 55, of Hallowell, who was part of the roundtable discussion, said the cuts to Planned Parenthood need to be reversed. McIntosh, a U.S. Air Force veteran, said when she was young she got counseling, primary car and other help from Planned Parenthood, and she was able to lead a productive life because of the help she received. "Without the medical care and counseling that I was able to access through Planned Parenthood I would have likely dropped out of high school, never joined the military, never attended college or trade school and most certainly would have indulged in addictive substances to the detriment of my life," she said. Copy the Story Link
