Trump Budget Cuts Threaten Medicaid Family Planning Clinics, States Step In

President Trump's recent multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending law includes a one-year ban on Medicaid reimbursements for family planning services at organizations that also provide abortion care, severely impacting Planned Parenthood and similar clinics. This provision threatens the financial stability of these clinics, as Medicaid funding comprises a significant portion of their budgets, such as in Oregon where it accounts for approximately 70%. Several states, including Hawaii, Washington, and Oregon, have committed to backfilling the lost funding to help sustain these clinics temporarily. Planned Parenthood has legally challenged the Medicaid funding ban, with a federal judge granting a temporary injunction, though this relief is set to expire soon. The law’s broader Medicaid cuts also threaten coverage for millions nationwide, including in New Hampshire, where anticipated cuts could raise premiums, reduce access to care, overwhelm emergency rooms, and result in job losses across the health sector. These changes jeopardize recent progress in healthcare access and place vulnerable populations at heightened risk of losing essential services.