In July 2025, the Congressional Republican budget reconciliation bill became law, resulting in substantial cuts to various programs, including Medicaid.

The reconciliation package would reduce federal Medicaid spending over a decade by $911 billion and increase the number of uninsured people by 10 million, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) cost estimates as reported by KFF. 

As of January 2025, around 71.4 million people in the U.S. were enrolled in Medicaid, and the program accounted for around 18.8 cents of every dollar spent on health-care services in the nation, according to data from Pew Research Center. 

A 2025 national survey by KFF found that 71% of U.S. adults believe Medicaid cuts would harm hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers, and 54% are concerned that funding reductions would impact their own or their family’s ability to access and pay for health care. 

Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit health care organization and the largest provider of sexual and reproductive health services in the U.S., warned that the bill would have “catastrophic consequences,” arguing that its health centers serve more than 1 million patients annually through Medicaid.

The nonprofit organization also sued President Donald Trump in July over funding cuts, reported The Guardian.  

Several months later, Planned Parenthood was forced to close another location. 

Planned Parenthood closes a clinic in Franklinton, Ohio, along West Broad Street.

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Planned Parenthood closes clinic in Columbus, Ohio, area

A major provision in the bill bars Medicaid funding for nonprofit clinics that provide abortion services, if those clinics received more than $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in 2023, reported CBS News. 

Some clinics are now asking Medicaid patients to pay out of their pockets, and others are closing. About 50 Planned Parenthood clinics have closed since the start of Trump’s second term, reported The Associated Press. 

The latest to close is a Columbus-area clinic in Franklinton, Ohio, along West Broad Street, a spokesperson told The Columbus Dispatch. The closure affects 17 employees. 

The clinic shut its doors on Nov. 28, explaining that the closure was “a direct result of the loss of Medicaid funding severely impacting patient volume,” according to an emailed statement from spokesperson Hannah Gavin to The Columbus Dispatch.

The organization’s health center in north Columbus remains open for patients. 

In an August statement, Erica Wilson-Domer, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio,  said the organization did everything it could to avoid layoffs, but “the reality is, we’re facing serious financial challenges.” 

The news about Planned Parenthood’s latest closure comes on the heels of a federal judge, Indira Talwani, issuing a preliminary injunction blocking the implementation of the federal law that would strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood and some similar providers across 22 states, reported Reuters. 

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Planned Parenthood: more than abortions 

While Planned Parenthood is often thought of as a clinic that primarily provides abortions, it actually offers a variety of sexual and reproductive health care services. These include family planning, contraception, STI testing, cancer screenings, prenatal care, and primary care. The nonprofit also focuses on providing sexual education.

Planned Parenthood President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson previously said its clinics provided more than $45 million in free, non-abortion services for thousands of patients in September alone. These were services that Medicaid previously covered, according to Politico.

The idea of the first birth-control clinic dates back to 1916 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, when nurse Margaret Sanger opened the first location. In the 109 years since, a lot has changed, and the clinic grew to nearly 600 health centers across the country operated by 48 local affiliates. 

Some critics highlight that Sanger’s early work embraced racist and ableist ideologies. However, over time, Planned Parenthood has distanced itself from those aspects of its founder’s legacy, according to the organization’s About Us page.

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