Jonathan Bush’s 12 San Diego Birthing Clinics Resurface Ahead of Maine’s June 9 GOP Primary
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 7
Jonathan Bush’s 12 San Diego Birthing Clinics Resurface Ahead of Maine’s June 9 GOP Primary
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 7
Summary
Fox News Digital reported that Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Bush previously helped run 12 San Diego birthing clinics that he said served migrant workers and delivered about 2,000 to 3,300 babies a year.
Bush’s own 2014 book and a 2022 podcast described the venture as heavily reliant on Medi-Cal, cash-paying low-income families and migrant laborers, with one line calling it “all migrants all the time.”
His campaign denied that athenahealth ever provided medical services, saying the company only handled software, billing and management for 116,000 doctors, but the report distinguished that later business from Bush’s earlier failed clinic venture Athena Health.
The resurfaced comments have become a campaign issue before Maine’s June 9 primary, with rival Bobby Charles arguing the clinics undercut Bush’s current pro-Trump, anti-illegal-immigration message as Bush seeks Trump’s endorsement.