Planned Parenthood and Federal Medicaid Payments: Litigation in Progress

Anticipating a federal appeals court decision

View in browser NEW & NOTEWORTHY Explaining Litigation that Challenges the Budget Reconciliation Law's Federal Medicaid Payment Ban for Certain Abortion Providers In anticipation of a federal appeals court decision in a case challenging a provision of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law, which blocks federal Medicaid funding for one year to Planned Parenthood clinics (and other family planning providers), KFF examines the status and arguments in the case, as well as other ongoing litigation challenging the ban.   The provision directly affects more than 2.1 million people who receive health care at these sites, but the impact of the upcoming court decision will be limited to Medicaid payments to providers in the 22 states and D.C. that have sued the administration. In this case, a federal district court judge ruled that the law imposes an unconstitutional obligation on states to implement unclear criteria for the ban's scope. The court delayed implementation of this decision until December 9th, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appealed.   This KFF brief also reviews the two additional cases brought by Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning that challenge the law's federal Medicaid funding provision. Read the brief CONTACT:   Mikhaila Richards | 202.654.1328 | MikhailaR@kff.org    When citing our work, please note our name is KFF, which is our legal operating name. We should be cited as KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling, and news organization. We no longer use the name Kaiser Family Foundation.  Did someone forward this to you? Sign up for emails from KFF. This email was sent to albarkahslamet.ssss@blogger.com. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Or, permanently unsubscribe from all future emails. Need assistance? Email subscriptions@kff.org; do not reply to this email. The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. KFF, 185 Berry Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94107