New Politics
Thursday, 7/2, 10:38 PM
A One-Year Ban on Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood Is Set to Expire
- A one-year federal restriction that blocked Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood and a handful of other providers is set to lapse, restoring their ability to bill Medicaid for services like contraception and cancer screenings.
- The sunset returns the decision to individual states — and reopens a fight that Republicans and abortion-rights groups are both preparing to wage again.