Medicaid billing allowed to resume for Planned Parenthood after being cut off
Summary
Planned Parenthood and two other abortion providers can now bill Medicaid again for non-abortion services after a year-long cutoff required by President Trump’s 2025 tax and spending law. The funding loss led to clinic closures and fewer health services like breast cancer screenings, but some services remain limited and political debates about abortion funding continue.Key Facts
- In July 2025, President Trump’s law stopped Medicaid from paying Planned Parenthood and two other groups for most services except abortion.
- This defunding caused about 30 Planned Parenthood clinics to close and reduced health screenings and birth control distribution.
- Medicaid billing was allowed to start again on Sunday, but not all lost services are coming back.
- Some clinics like Planned Parenthood in Arizona paused services or changed their status to regain Medicaid payments.
- In Maine, one family planning group closed three primary care clinics, and patients faced long waits to see new doctors.
- Massachusetts avoided service loss because the state government covered Medicaid payments stopped by the federal government.
- Planned Parenthood in Arizona plans to expand hours and telehealth care now that Medicaid billing resumed.
- Abortion opponents in Congress are still trying to keep defunding policies in place or bring new ones.
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