AdvertisementLOUIS AMERICAN — Medicaid reimbursements for routine care at Planned Parenthood and similar clinics are once again permitted, allowing low-income patients to receive services in states that allow the payments. In Missouri and other states that prohibit Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood, however, the federal change has little practical effect. But they did succeed in banning Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and similar reproductive health care providers nationwide for one year. The one-year reimbursement ban forced Planned Parenthood to close nearly 30 health centers since July 2025. Now that the federal ban has expired, additional states could seek permanent restrictions on Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood.