Medicaid Funding Restored to Planned Parenthood After Nearly Year-Long Suspension

Jul 6, 2026

Planned Parenthood and two regional providers have resumed billing Medicaid for non-abortion services following a year-long federal suspension. The funding cutoff, mandated under a Trump administration policy, led to the closure of nearly 30 Planned Parenthood clinics and sharp declines in birth control and cancer screenings. While 14 states and private donors temporarily offset the cuts, providers face ongoing uncertainty as conservative groups lobby Congress for renewed defunding efforts.

Medicaid funding restoration

▪Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers resumed billing Medicaid for non-abortion services on July 5, 2026, after a nearly year-long suspension.
▪The Medicaid funding suspension was mandated by a tax and policy law signed by President Donald Trump.

Planned Parenthood clinic closures

▪Planned Parenthood affiliates closed nearly 30 of their approximately 600 clinics over the year preceding July 6, 2026, citing the Medicaid funding suspension as a key reason.
▪Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin halted abortions for about a month and dropped its status as an "essential community provider" to resume seeking reimbursement.

Patient service reductions

▪Planned Parenthood affiliates dispensed approximately 25% fewer packs of birth control pills and conducted about 20% fewer breast cancer exams during the funding suspension.
▪Planned Parenthood of Arizona paused offering many of its services to patients covered by Medicaid during the suspension but announced expanded hours and telehealth options upon its restoration.

Maine Family Planning impact

▪Maine Family Planning closed three primary care clinics serving about 1,000 patients in Maine due to the Medicaid funding suspension.
▪Maine Family Planning does not plan to reopen its closed primary care practices despite the restoration of Medicaid funding.

State government funding responses

▪Health Imperatives in Massachusetts maintained all services during the federal suspension by utilizing state-funded Medicaid reimbursements and a grant from Melinda Gates's foundation.
▪Fourteen states funded Medicaid reimbursements that the federal government stopped during the suspension period.

Republican defunding efforts

▪Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and other abortion opponents are pushing Congress to adopt another policy to defund Planned Parenthood.
▪Planned Parenthood's Florida affiliate decided not to reopen a closed clinic in Lakeland due to concerns that Congress or the Trump administration could cut Medicaid reimbursements again.