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Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Shutters Five California Clinics Over Medicaid Defunding

The closures follow a federal law barring Medicaid reimbursements to abortion providers, leaving Mar Monte with a projected $100 million annual shortfall.

A Planned Parenthood building is seen in Redding, California. Planned Parenthood announced five of its California clinics have closed as a result of the Republican-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump this month.
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Gavin Newsom Planned Parenthood (Associated Press)

Overview

  • Planned Parenthood Mar Monte closed five health centers in Northern California and the Central Coast after a GOP-led spending bill cut Medicaid payments to providers offering abortions.
  • In the week since reimbursements were halted, the affiliate treated about 5,000 Medi-Cal patients and covered nearly $1.7 million in care costs without reimbursement.
  • The funding ban also forced Mar Monte to suspend family medicine, behavioral health and prenatal care services at the affected clinics.
  • Mar Monte has filed suit against the Trump administration and secured a partial preliminary injunction for some centers, but most of its sites remain at risk.
  • The affiliate warns of a $100 million annual revenue gap and says its remaining clinics could face similar cuts as the legal fight continues.