
- The program has been in effect since 2007 and provides preventative health care including breast and cervical cancer screenings to more than 100000 low-income Texas women.
- Texas law prohibits tax dollars from funding abortion providers and their affiliates.
- Under federal law states administer Medicaid and have the right to set the criteria for qualified providers" in the program not Washington. This is exactly what Texas has done in accordance with Texas law. Texas law prohibits tax cheats deadbeat parents or people suspected of serious abuse from participating as a provider in Medicaid even though federal law does not.
- There are more than 2500 qualified providers in the WHP that operate more than 4600 locations across the state.
- Planned Parenthood represents less than two percent of providers in the WHP.
- Planned Parenthoods cost per client is 43 percent higher than most other providers according to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.