Supreme Court Narrows Medicaid Beneficiary Right To Sue  

Medicaid beneficiaries lack standing to sue states to enforce the Medicaid Act’s “free choice of provider” provision if a state chooses not to permit a provider organization to participate, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The June 26, 2025, ruling was in Medina v. Planned Parenthood of the South Atlantic. 

Fourteen states have tried to exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from their Medicaid program, largely due to opposition to including a health care provider that also provides abortion, according to a KFF report: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee . . .