Judge orders Trump administration to continue Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood | Planned Parenthood
On Monday, a Federal judge decided that the Trump administration should continue to repay the plan -planned parenting clinics for the services financed by Medicaid, because the reproductive health giant headed to fight with the White House through Trump’s comprehensive tax bill.
The new Emir replaces and expands a previous decision by the US Regional Judge Indira Talwani in Boston last week. Initially, the judge initially decided to decide the government from reducing the medicaid payments, especially to planned parental organizations that do not only provide abortion or do not receive at least $ 800,000 in Medicaid repayments in a certain year.
Talwani said on Monday that “patients are likely to be exposed to negative health consequences in cases where care is impaired or unable to use.”
“In particular, restricting the ability of the members to provide health services, reduced access to effective contraceptives and threatening an increase in unwanted pregnancies and complications due to unidentified and untreated CYBEs.”
More than 80 million people trust Medicaid for the US government’s low -income people. Trump’s tax invoice instructed the federal government to terminate a year Medicaid payments to abortion providers, which received more than $ 800,000 from Medicaid, such as parenting planned in 2023.
Using Medicaid to pay for most abortions is already illegal, but it relys on the program for reimbursement for services such as planned parenting clinics, birth control, CYBE tests and cancer scans that treat a disproportionate number of people using Medicaid.
In the case of planned parent, he argued that if he was cut off from the Medicaid funds, he would be at the risk of closing about 200 clinic in 24 states. Since they host a large number of people using medicaid, these closures will probably be felt in the most powerful blue states. A member of a planned parent in California is already Five clinic was forced to close As a result of the “deterioration” provision.
Planned parent estimated that more than 1 million patients may lose care.
Planned American President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson, Planted Planned Parental Federation Planted Parental Federation after the decision of Monday, said: McGill Johnson said in a statement after the Monday decision.
Planned parenting is struggling with overwhelming political and economic winds. Even if it prevails against the Trump administration, the US Supreme Court can be removed from Medicaid in red states in a case of the US Supreme Court in favor of South Carolina, attempting to dismiss the planned parent from the Medicaid program.
On Monday, the Missouri province, the planned parenting Federation – Planned Parental -affiliated organizations, which combines the network of regional affiliated organizations – the organization of the organization – the organization’s common abortion pill Mifepristone’s medical risks and “to reduce costs and increase income” sued. The lawsuit, which requires more than $ 1 million compensation, is part of the campaign of anti -abortion activists to reduce access to Mifepristone.
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