{"id":2964,"date":"2026-07-07T20:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2026-07-07T20:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:18:59","slug":"planned-parenthood-restarts-medicaid-billing-after-trump-defunding-last-year-closed-clinics-hitting-services-like-breast-cancer-and-std-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2964","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood restarts Medicaid billing after Trump defunding last year closed clinics, hitting services like breast cancer and STD screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The defunding, which was mandated in President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0big tax and policy law\u00a0last year, has been blamed in the closure of multiple clinics as well as a reduction in the number of Planned Parenthood patients being screened for breast cancer or tested for sexually transmitted infections.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2962\">Cognition CEO says tech companies got \u2018carried away\u2019 with token leaderboards and should measure employees on output instead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Medicaid billing was allowed to resume Sunday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The restored funding does not mean the battle over federal abortion policy has ended, and not all services that were cut will return.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know about the situation.<\/p>\n<h4>Planned Parenthood closed clinics and saw fewer patients<\/h4>\n<p>Many abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood affiliates, have struggled financially since the 2022 Supreme Court decision that\u00a0overturned Roe v. Wade\u00a0and allowed state abortion bans to be enforced.\u00a0Clinics have closed\u00a0in states with abortion bans and restrictions as well as those without.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood says its affiliates have closed nearly 30 of its roughly 600 clinics over the past year, citing the funding change as a key reason.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over that period, affiliates dispensed about 25% fewer packs of birth control pills and conducted about 20% fewer breast cancer exams than the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Many patients \u2014 especially in places where healthcare can be hard to access \u2014 may not have had care at all because of the defunding, the organization said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Planned Parenthood Action Fund spokesperson Angela Vasquez-Giroux said the cuts have also led to limited abortion access in some places.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin\u00a0halted abortions\u00a0for about a month, then dropped its status as an \u201cessential community provider\u201d so it could resume seeking reimbursement. The Arizona affiliate paused offering many of its services to patients covered by Medicaid.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Two smaller providers were also impacted<\/h4>\n<p>The defunding provision also impacted two other healthcare providers that met the criteria in the law because the were nonprofit family planning organizations that provided abortion and received more than $800,000 yearly in Medicaid reimbursements.<\/p>\n<p>Their experiences were very different.<\/p>\n<p>Maine Family Planning\u00a0closed three primary care clinics that served about 1,000 patients in the largely rural state.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Kieltyka, a senior vice president of program services, said Monday that even with help, their former patients had to wait an average of four to six months to be established with new providers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, the number of abortions the group provided held steady, she said. Maine is one of several states where state-funded Medicaid covers abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2960\">Chinese tea chain\u2019s $1.5 million trademark infringement loss to Louis Vuitton sparks fight over who owns a flower pattern<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patients at Health Imperatives in Massachusetts may not have noticed the change, as no services were dropped.<\/p>\n<p>The state government funded Medicaid reimbursements that the federal government stopped \u2014 something that Planned Parenthood says happened in some form in 14 states. On top of that, the clinic system received a grant from Melinda Gates\u2019s foundation.<\/p>\n<h4>Some services are returning but others may not<\/h4>\n<p>Planned Parenthood\u2019s Arizona affiliate has already announced expanded hours and more telehealth options linked to the ability to bill Medicaid again.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some other services are not likely to be restored.<\/p>\n<p>Kieltyka said Maine Family Planning isn\u2019t planning to bring back its primary care practices again.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen you close something down and you lose positions,\u201d she said, \u201cit\u2019s very difficult to bring that back and build it back up again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Michelle Quesada, vice president of communications, brand and marketing for the Planned Parenthood affiliate in Florida, said a closed clinic in Lakeland isn\u2019t expected to reopen, partly out of concern that Congress or the Trump administration could cut Medicaid reimbursements for the organization again.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no telling with this uncertainty,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s like a yo-yo effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Abortion opponents want to stop the Medicaid reimbursements again<\/h4>\n<p>The political battle isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion opponents are pushing Congress to adopt another defunding policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve defunded Big Abortion before,\u201d Kelsey Pritchard, a spokesperson for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said Monday, \u201cand they should do everything in their power to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Planned Parenthood contends that most general election voters don\u2019t want the organization to be defunded. Pritchard said that the Republican base does.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>This article has been updated to correct that Kelsey Pritchard said the Republican base wants Planned Parenthood to be defunded, not just Republican primary voters.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2958\">New lawsuit alleges the Trump administration shared Iranian asylum seekers\u2019 data with Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Associated Press reporter Ali Swenson contributed to this article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The restored funding does not mean the battle over federal abortion policy has ended, and not all services that were cut will return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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