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 . . .