Planned Parenthood Federation of America can receive hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding after a ban on Medicaid funding to the organization and similar groups expired without congressional action.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by Republicans and signed by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, included a one-year prohibition on Medicaid payments to nonprofits that provide abortions and took in more than $800,000 in such payments in fiscal year 2023.
The ban was initially blocked by the courts, but an appeals court restored it in late 2025.
Members of Congress had been working to try to extend the ban, but failed to reach an agreement by the time it expired, enabling Planned Parenthood and its clinics to access Medicaid funds again….