Medicaid – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

15 Jul

Anti-abortion leaders furious after Planned Parenthood defunding expires

DevonLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Red States, Reproductive rights, United States

Planned Parenthood has regained access to federal funding, enraging anti-abortion conservatives one year after Republicans were able to cut its clinics off from Medicaid.

13 Jul

Planned Parenthood Regains Access To Medicaid Funds After Congress Let Ban Expire

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, United States

The Hill reports on how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was used to defund Planned Parenthood last year, but due to complicated Senate rules for the bill's passing, the ban lasted only one year. As of July 4, Medicaid will once more be able to cover non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation.

08 Jul

Planned Parenthood set to regain federal funding as GOP ban expires

CoreyLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, United States

Planned Parenthood will regain access to federal funding on Saturday, one year after Republicans were able to cut its clinics off from Medicaid.

20 Apr

Up To Six Million US Women of Reproductive Age Will Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Budget Law

RileyLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

The Medicaid cuts in the Trump administration’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” that became law in July 2025 will strip up to six million women of reproductive age of Medicaid coverage—with devastating consequences for their reproductive health care access.

03 Dec

US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Medicaid, Trump Administration, United States

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding.

01 Dec

State Variations in the Role of the Reproductive Health Safety Net for Contraceptive Care Among Medicaid Enrollees

AlanLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, United States

Medicaid is a major source of coverage for contraceptive care for millions of people. Many Medicaid patients rely on a range of safety net providers including Planned Parenthood clinics, community health centers, state and local health departments, and Indian Health Services for their contraceptive care. The composition of the safety net and the relative role of the different providers vary considerably from state to state.

26 Nov

Understanding the Trump Administration’s Negotiated Drug Prices for Medicare

RandyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just announced the prices that the federal government negotiated for 15 high-cost drugs covered by Part D, Medicare’s prescription drug benefit program, including the popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. This brings to a close the second round of Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 under the Biden administration. These negotiated prices will take effect in Medicare in January 2027.

12 Nov

New Federal Medicaid Cuts Will Devastate Coverage for Reproductive Health Care

AlanLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

For decades, Medicaid has been central to contraceptive care and other reproductive health services for low-income people in the United States. Massive cuts to Medicaid under the recent federal budget law are poised to strip away coverage and access to care from millions of people, with far-reaching and harmful consequences nationwide. Medicaid is the second largest source of health insurance in the United States, and it covers 21% of women aged 15–49,* the group most likely to need and use reproductive health care. The program’s role has increased substantially over the past decade after 40 states and the District of Columbia expanded Medicaid for…

01 Oct

One eastern Oregon clinic is a health care ‘lifeline.’ Medicaid cuts threaten its existence

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Idaho, Medicaid, Oregon, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortions are a small share of Oregon Planned Parenthood services, except at the Idaho border

18 Sep

WA will replace Planned Parenthood’s lost Medicaid funding with state dollars

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Washington State

A court ruling last week halted federal Medicaid payments going to the nonprofit. Meanwhile, a push is on to reverse state cuts to an abortion access program.

09 Sep

Medicaid reimbursements may be withheld from Planned Parenthood. But the embattled nonprofit has seen this before

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, United States

What would happen if a nonprofit organization lost $1 million worth of federal funding for a year? Would it affect how many people they can help? Or maybe even cause the organization to close some of their locations?

09 Jul

Limiting Legal Remedies for Medicaid Prioritizes Politics over Access to Care

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Low Income, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, South Carolina

In the first U.S. Supreme Court case involving access to abortion after the 2024 election, a 6-3 majority allowed states to block Medicaid patients from choosing their own health care provider. Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic involved a diabetic Medicaid patient seeking comprehensive health care at Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSA). In 2018, South Carolina blocked PPSA from Medicaid unless it would agree not to provide any abortions. Under federal law, Medicaid already only pays for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life or health of the patient. But that wasn’t enough for South Carolina policymakers, who…

09 Jul

Judge says government must keep funding Planned Parenthood in spite of Medicaid cutoff

JordanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Low Income, Medicaid, Reproductive rights

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the government’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood by ordering President Donald Trump’s administration to continue funding to the nation’s largest abortion provider for at least the next 14 days.

03 Jun

Postpartum depression rates, treatment higher among Medicaid recipients

CoreyLatest NewsMedicaid, post-partum depression, Pregnancy risks

Perinatal experts said postpartum depression is more common than most people think and those covered by Medicaid are at higher risk.

22 May

ACLU Responds to House Passage of Reconciliation Bill that Cuts Medicaid, Harming Millions of People with Disabilities

DoryLatest NewsGOP, legislation, Medicaid, People With Disabilities, Reproductive rights, United States

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1, the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, that attacks civil liberties and cuts Medicaid by at least $600 billion, the largest cut in the program’s history. The reconciliation bill now moves to the Senate.