Planned Parenthood Regains Medicaid Billing Access….

The chances of the funding being cut are almost zero with Democrats seen as becoming the House majority after the coming Midterms so soon…

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.

Beginning July 5, clinics were once again able to bill Medicaid for reimbursement for non-abortion care, like contraception and screenings for sexually transmitted infections.

The new funding will be a lifeline for the organization’s network of clinics and their patients. Medicaid is a significant revenue stream for Planned Parenthood, accounting for more than $800 million. In addition, more than half of Planned Parenthood’s patients rely on Medicaid for their health coverage, the organization said.

Last year, Republicans were successful in using the party-line One Big Beautiful Bill Act to achieve their long sought-after goal of defunding Planned Parenthood, though the complicated Senate rules involved in passing the legislation meant the ban only lasted a year.

Now, anti-abortion leaders are furious that congressional Republicans focused on other issues like defense and immigration without extending the ban before it expired. They view it as a reversal of progress and are demanding GOP leaders include an extension in a third party-line reconciliation bill that they want to pass before the end of the year. …

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