Planned Parenthood Set to Regain Medicaid Funding After One-Year Defunding Ban

Effective July 4, Medicaid will again reimburse Planned Parenthood clinics for non-abortion services, ending the one-year prohibition under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed on a vote, halted Medicaid payments and cut Medicaid visits by 25 %.

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The ban closed 30 clinics and cut Medicaid visits by 25 %. Tens of thousands missed cancer screenings, birth-control and STI care. 100,000 Medicaid patients received $45 million of care; 11 states used funds, while 13 states blocked Medicaid reimbursements.

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The funding loss left rural underserved communities without services, creating contraceptive deserts and reducing access to cancer screenings, birth-control and STI treatment, public-health effects.

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Nora Walsh-DeVries said patients bore the attack’s cost, and Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill Johnson warned 200 health centers in 24 states were at risk. Mike Johnson plans a bill; Senate Republicans resist reopening fight before midterms.

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Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, called defunding the default expectation of pro-life movement and urged Republicans to block Planned Parenthood funding. Freedom Caucus members demanded extending the defunding provision.

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The Supreme Court ruled that states may exclude providers from Medicaid, and 13 states have blocked Planned Parenthood reimbursements. Analysts warn more states may follow once the federal ban ends.

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Lawmakers aim to introduce a third reconciliation bill before year-end, though its prospects are uncertain. Meanwhile, states may continue or initiate Medicaid exclusions, potentially extending funding gaps for Planned Parenthood affiliates beyond the July 4 restoration.

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• “Tens of thousands of patients have been denied access to services like cancer screenings and birth control and STI testing and treatment. These are things that just can’t be undone,” — Nora Walsh-DeVries, Planned Parenthood Action Fund

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• “I think it’s just really clear that patients have totally borne the cost of this politically motivated attack on care, and unfortunately, that’s happening disproportionately in these rural areas where there isn’t necessarily any alternative,” — Nora Walsh-DeVries

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• “Defunding Big Abortion is now the default expectation of the pro-life movement. When they return to D.C., Republicans must do all they can through reconciliation to once again block taxpayer dollars from Planned Parenthood and abortion businesses,” — Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America

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• “All health center closures were in “contraceptive deserts” — counties where there are too few healthcare providers offering the full range of methods to women eligible for publicly funded birth control.” — Planned Parenthood Action Fund report

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