Planned Parenthood set to regain federal funding as GOP ban expires
The expiration restores coverage for non-abortion services, but 13 states have already blocked or tried to block reimbursements, KFF said.
- On Saturday, July 4, the one-year ban on federal Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood expired, restoring the organization's eligibility to receive taxpayer dollars nationwide.
- Republicans enacted the one-year defunding provision last year through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, aiming to restrict federal resources from the organization they viewed as an abortion provider.
- Nearly 30 Planned Parenthood health centers closed during the funding cutoff, and Nora Walsh-DeVries, vice president of political and legislative affairs at Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said tens of thousands of patients were denied access to basic care services.
- Following the Supreme Court's Medina decision, states may still exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid programs; Laurie Sobel, associate director for Women's Health Policy at KFF, noted that 13 states have already blocked reimbursements.
- Hard-Line conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus are demanding Speaker Mike Johnson include a defunding extension in a third reconciliation bill, though Senate Republicans remain reluctant to start another abortion fight before midterms.
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Planned Parenthood set to regain federal funding as GOP ban expires
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