Maine’s largest reproductive health network closed its primary care practice last Friday due to loss of Medicaid funding. Maine Family Planning (MFP) previously announced it would close primary care practices in Ellsworth, Holton and Presque Isle at the end of the month. The network said the Trump administration cut off Medicaid funding because it provides abortion care. Parameters of President Donald Trump’s policy and tax bill, known as the “Big Beautiful Act,” prevent Medicaid funds from going to abortion providers. MFP said it had identified more than 600 patients across its primary care, who would now have to go elsewhere. The network also offers other family planning and reproductive health services, such as STI testing, cancer screenings and contraception. MFP said the continued withholding of Medicaid funds could also jeopardize those operations. MFP said half of its patients, most of whom live in rural areas, rely on Medicaid coverage. The network said it typically receives about $1.9 million in Medicaid reimbursement each year. Last July, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to restore MFP’s Medicaid funding. A month later, a federal district court ruled in the administration’s favor, but MFP said Thursday that the lawsuit is still ongoing. MFP operates 18 clinics and mobile clinics across the state and serves approximately 8,000 patients annually.
Maine’s largest reproductive health network closed its primary care practice on Friday due to loss of Medicaid funding.
Maine Family Planning (MFP) previously announced it would close its primary care clinics in Ellsworth, Houlton and Presque Isle at the end of the month.
The network said the Trump administration cut off Medicaid funding because it provides abortion care. Parameters of President Donald Trump’s policy and tax bill, known as the “Big Beautiful Act,” would prevent Medicaid funds from going to abortion providers.
MFP said it had identified more than 600 patients across its primary care, who would now have to go elsewhere.
The network also offers other family planning and reproductive health services, including sexually transmitted disease testing, cancer screenings, and contraception. MFP said the continued withholding of Medicaid funds could jeopardize those operations.
MFP said half of its patients live in rural areas and rely on Medicaid coverage. The network said it typically receives about $1.9 million in Medicaid reimbursements each year.
Last July, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to restore MFP’s Medicaid funding. A month later, a federal district court ruled in the administration’s favor, but MFP said Thursday that the lawsuit is still ongoing.
MFP operates 18 clinics and mobile clinics across the state and serves approximately 8,000 patients annually.
