Skip to main content
Last updated:
March 12, 2026

Medicaid

Scan this QR code to view this page on Unbreaking.

DateWhat happened?metadata
Feb 25, 2026The Trump administration announces it is withholding $259 million in deferred Medicaid funds from Minnesota. Vice President JD Vance cites the state’s response to past Medicaid fraud; Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz argues the move is punishment against Minnesota for being a blue state.
Jan 30, 2026Planned Parenthood voluntarily dismisses its lawsuit against HHS over blocked Medicaid reimbursements.$cases: Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy
Jan 8, 2026The budget bill’s Medicaid changes could result in more than 1 million missed cancer screenings and 155 excess deaths, researchers from the University of Chicago write in JAMA Oncology.
Dec 30, 2025The First Circuit Court of Appeals lifts Judge Talwani’s Dec. 2 preliminary injunction in the suit filed by 22 states, removing the remaining obstacle to withholding Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood (California vs. HHS).$cases: California v. HHS
Dec 17, 2025Nebraska announces it will be the first state to enact the budget bill’s work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Nebraska’s program starts May 1, 2026, eight months before the bill’s Jan. 1 deadline.
Dec 12, 2025The First Circuit Court of Appeals lifts Judge Talwani’s July 21 and 28 preliminary injunctions blocking the ban on Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. The Trump administration resumes withholding Medicaid funds as litigation continues (Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy).$cases: Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy
Dec 18, 2025The Senate rejects a proposed joint resolution conveying Congress’s disapproval of HHS’s decision to rescind the Richardson Waiver requiring public input on policy changes. Three Republicans join Democrats in a 50-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie.
Dec 2, 2025Ruling in the case filed by 22 states and DC on July 29, Judge Talwani issues a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from cutting off Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood in those states (California vs. HHS).$cases: California v. HHS
Nov 10, 2025More than 2 million women could lose access to reproductive healthcare because of the budget bill’s Medicaid cuts, according to a study from the Guttmacher Institute.
Sep 11, 2025The First Circuit Court of Appeals stays Talwani’s July 21 and July 28 preliminary injunctions, allowing the Trump administration to withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood as litigation continues. Planned Parenthood says this means that 1.1 million Medicaid patients cannot use their insurance at their clinics.$cases: Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy
Aug 29, 2025Judge Talwani denies the administration’s request for a stay of her July 28 preliminary injunction, pending resolution of HHS’s appeal of the injunction (Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy).$cases: Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy
Aug 27, 2025The Government Accountability Office finds that HHS violated the Congressional Review Act by failing to submit the rescission of the Richardson Waiver to Congress before it took effect.
Aug 11, 2025The budget bill will cause 10 million people to lose their health insurance by 2034, according to the CBO’s final analysis. Medicaid and CHIP changes account for 7.5 million of those people.
Jul 29, 2025Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia file another suit against HHS over the budget bill’s ban on Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood. Their complaint echoes Planned Parenthood’s First Amendment and bill-of-attainder claims and also maintains that the provision violates the constitution’s Spending Clause (California vs. HHS).$cases: California v. HHS
Jul 28, 2025Judge Talwani issues a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the budget bill’s prohibition on Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood clinics (Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy).$cases: Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy
Jul 21, 2025Judge Talwani grants a preliminary injunction allowing continued payments to some Planned Parenthood clinics (Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy).$cases: Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy
Jul 16, 2025The budget bill’s Medicaid changes could result in 1,484 excess deaths, 94,802 preventable hospitalizations, and 302,000 jobs lost, researchers from UC San Francisco, Waymark Care, UPenn, and UNC-Chapel Hill write in JAMA Health Forum.
Jul 7, 2025District Court Judge Indira Talwani issues a 14-day restraining order in Planned Parenthood’s suit, allowing reimbursement payments to continue (Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy).$cases: Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy
Jul 7, 2025Planned Parenthood sues HHS over the budget bill’s ban on Medicaid reimbursements for care given by providers that also perform abortion — effectively a ban on Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood.$cases: Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy
Jul 4, 2025Trump signs into law the FY 2025 budget package passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Jun 27, 2025The CBO estimates that the Senate budget bill would cut Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) spending by $1.02 trillion and increase the number of uninsured people by 11.8 million over the next ten years.
Jun 26, 2025The Senate Parliamentarian rules several of the budget bill’s Medicaid provisions ineligible for reconciliation. They include bans on Medicaid coverage for non-citizens, a reduction in certain federal reimbursements to state governments, and a ban on using Medicaid funds for gender-affirming medical care.
May 22, 2025The House approves the Senate’s budget bill with several amendments. This version cuts $700 billion in federal Medicaid spending over 10 years, with most of the reduction coming via work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Millions of adults aged 19-64 would have to show they spend 80 hours a month either working, attending school, or seeking work.
May 13, 2025US Capitol Police arrest 25 disability rights advocates protesting Medicaid cuts at a meeting of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 7, 2025The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that Medicaid reductions under consideration by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 8.6 million by 2034.
May 1, 2025Congressional Democrats introduce Senate and House resolutions demanding that HHS reverse its rescission of the Richardson Waiver, which requires the agency to seek public comment on policy changes. They argue that the rescission will reduce transparency and bypass public comment.
Apr 10, 2025The House approves the Senate’s budget framework, allowing legislators from both chambers to use the reconciliation process to reach a final bill. Senate approval via reconciliation requires a simple majority, rather than the standard 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.
Apr 5, 2025The Senate passes a heavily amended version of the budget resolution calling for $4 billion in spending cuts, considerably less than the $1.5 trillion in cuts proposed by the House.
Mar 27, 2025HHS announces a “restructuring” that closes 5 regional CMS offices. Eliminated CMS units include the Office of Minority Health, which worked to eliminate health disparities, and the Office of Program Operations & Local Engagement, which helped local stakeholders administer Medicaid and Medicare programs.
Mar 5, 2025In a letter to the acting CMS administrator, US Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Angus King (I-ME) demand information on the number of people fired at CMS, roles they’ve held, how they were chosen for firing, and what further job cuts to expect.
Mar 3, 2025Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. eliminates the Richardson Waiver, a longtime rule requiring HHS to announce and accept public comment on changes to “agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.” Absent the Richardson Waiver, HHS can implement Medicaid changes without seeking public input.
Mar 1, 2025STAT reports that approximately 300 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) employees have been fired in mass federal layoffs.
Feb 25, 2025The House approves a budget resolution, 217-215. Its $1.5 trillion in spending cuts include the $880 billion mandate for cuts from the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Feb 19, 2025During an interview, President Donald Trump says that “Medicare, Medicaid — none of that stuff will be touched” in budget and government restructuring.
Feb 12, 2025The House Budget Committee releases a draft budget resolution that directs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880 billion in spending. Reductions of that scale would require deep cuts to Medicaid.

Scan this QR code to view this page on Unbreaking.

Current page