Showing posts with label Medicaid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicaid. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Cutoff of Funding to All Planned Parenthood Clinics Enjoined

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In Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Kennedy ,  (D MA, July 28, 2025), a Massachusetts federal district court in a 58-page o...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Cutoff of Medicaid Funds to Planned Parenthood Clinics That Do Not Offer Abortions Is Unconstitutional

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In Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Kennedy , (D MA, July 21, 2025), a Massachusetts federal district court granted a preli...
Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Planned Parenthood Fights New Medicaid Funding Cutoff

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Planned Parenthood filed suit this week in a Massachusetts federal district court challenging Section 71113 of  H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bi...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Supreme Court: Medicaid Recipients Cannot Sue Under Sec. 1983 To Challenge State Cutoff of Medicaid Funds to Planned Parenthood

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In Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic , (Sup. Ct., June 26, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Medicaid recipients cannot sue ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Religious Exemption from Medicaid Program Not Required

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In Kynwulf v. Corcoran , (SD OH, April 11, 2025), an Ohio federal district court rejected plaintiff's claim that his free exercise right...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Kentucky Legislature Authorizes Conversion Therapy for Minors

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Last week, the Kentucky legislature gave final approval to House Bill 495 ( full text ) which invalidates Executive Order 2024-632  issued ...
Thursday, December 19, 2024

Cert Granted on Whether Medicaid Beneficiary Can Challenge Cutoff of Funds to Planned Parenthood

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday granted review in Kerr v. Planned Parenthood , (Docket No.   23-1275, certiorari  granted 12/18/2024) on t...
Friday, June 28, 2024

Suit Challenges Michigan Medicaid Ban on Abortion Funding

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Suit was filed yesterday in the Michigan Court of Claims challenging the exclusion of abortion coverage from the state's Medicaid progra...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Medicaid Limit on Reimbursing for Family Care Did Not Violate Muslim Family's Free Exercise Rights

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In Alsyrawan v. Department of Human Services ,  (PA Commonwealth Ct., May 20, 2024), a Pennsylvania state appellate court held that Medicaid...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Excluding Gender-Affirming Care from Governmental Insurance Coverage Violates Equal Protection

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In Kadel v. Folwell ,  (4th Cir., April 29, 2024), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc,  in an 8-6 decision, held that an ...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Abortion Exclusion From State Medicaid Coverage

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In  Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services , (PA Sup. Ct., Jan. 29, 2024) [Majority Opinion], the...
Friday, June 23, 2023

Florida's Ban On Medicaid Payments For Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones Is Invalid

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In Dekker v. Weida ,  (ND FL, June 31, 2023), a Florida federal district court held that Florida Statutes §286.31(2) and Florida Administra...
Wednesday, March 01, 2023

Mississippi Governor Signs Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors

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Yesterday Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed into law House Bill 1125, the Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures Act  ( full text...
Thursday, August 04, 2022

Biden Issues Executive Order On Access To Reproductive Health Care Services

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Yesterday, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services ( full text ). The Whi...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

5th Circuit En Banc Holds Medicaid Patients Cannot Challenge Planned Parenthood Defunding

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In a procedurally complex holding, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals  en banc  in Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Family Planning an...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Supreme Court Denies Review In Attempted Cutoff of Medicaid Funds To Planned Parenthood

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Over the dissent of Justices Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch, the U.S. Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Gee v. Planned Parenthood of Gulf ...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

11th Amendment Dismissal Avoids Ruling On Free Exercise Challenge To Medicaid Rule

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In Scott v. Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services ,  (WD VA, Oct. 19, 2018), a Virginia federal district court dismissed on 11t...