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Need Birth Control or Family-Planning Care but Can’t Afford It? NY’s FPBP Can Cover Services
The Medicaid Family Planning Benefit Program is a public health-insurance program for eligible New Yorkers who need family-planning services.
Who
New York residents who need family-planning services, meet FPBP financial/program rules and are not receiving full Medicaid in a way that makes a separate FPBP application unnecessary.
What to do
Start here: Apply for the Family Planning Benefit Program through New York Medicaid channels or ask a participating family-planning provider to help with enrollment.
Eligibility: New York residency, reproductive/family-planning program criteria and income/Medicaid rules apply; the state application determines eligibility.
What you get
FPBP covers a range of family-planning services, including most FDA-approved birth-control methods, devices and supplies plus related testing, procedures and counseling.
Benefit: Coverage for qualifying contraception, family-planning visits, testing and related services without ordinary Medicaid family-planning copays.
Possible value: Can save hundreds or more each year depending on visits, contraception method, devices and testing.
Good to know
Important: FPBP is limited to family-planning-related services; it is not full health insurance and does not cover unrelated medical care.
Availability: Active
Why people miss it: Someone may be ineligible for or not enrolled in full Medicaid and assume that means there is no public coverage for family-planning care.
Sources reviewed: Aug 10, 2026