{"id":62663,"date":"2025-07-13T16:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T16:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/62663\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T16:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T16:31:20","slug":"judge-temporarily-blocks-megabills-planned-parenthood-medicaid-funding-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/62663\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge temporarily blocks megabill\u2019s Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthcaredive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        3 min<\/p>\n<p>            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcaredive.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dive Brief:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A federal judge on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.286600\/gov.uscourts.mad.286600.18.0.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporarily halted<\/a> the Trump administration from enforcing a provision of its recently passed tax and policy law that would cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.<\/li>\n<li>District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, blocked the provision for 14 days. The court scheduled a hearing on July 21 to consider a longer injunction.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The restraining order came hours after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25992987-planned_parenthood_defund_provision_lawsuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">provider sued over the law<\/a>, arguing the funding provision singles out Planned Parenthood to punish the organization for offering abortion services and advocating for reproductive healthcare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dive Insight:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Healthcare Dive on Tuesday, Planned Parenthood said it\u2019s \u201cgrateful that the court acted swiftly\u201d to issue the restraining order, but noted health centers have already \u201cbeen forced to turn away patients who use Medicaid to get basic sexual and reproductive health care\u201d because of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood\u2019s suit centers on a provision in the massive tax and policy legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcaredive.com\/news\/trump-signs-reconciliation-bill-medicaid-cuts\/752259\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed into law by President Donald Trump<\/a> on July 4. One portion of the law blocks Medicaid funds for services offered by abortion providers like Planned Parenthood for one year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood argues the provision specifically targets the provider by limiting the application of the law to nonprofits that primarily offer family planning services and received more than $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in fiscal year 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The organization said the affected group is \u201cmade up almost entirely\u201d of Planned Parenthood affiliates. If allowed to stand, the funding cuts could have serious consequences for Medicaid beneficiaries who access care at Planned Parenthood\u2019s health centers, the provider said in the suit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/about-us\/newsroom\/press-releases\/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america-planned-parenthood-league-of-massachusetts-and-planned-parenthood-association-of-utah-sue-over-congressional-action-defunding-planned-parenthood-health-centers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More than 1 million patients use Medicaid<\/a> to cover healthcare services like birth control and cancer screenings at its clinics, Planned Parenthood said in a Monday press release. Almost 200 health centers across 24 states are at risk of closure if Planned Parenthood loses access to Medicaid funding, the organization added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood argues the defunding provision attempts to penalize the nonprofit for its history of offering and advocating for abortion services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no legitimate justification for the statute; rather, the true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion and (if Planned Parenthood\u2019s Members are treated collectively) is the only nationwide abortion provider,\u201d Planned Parenthood wrote in the suit.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if the provision is allowed to stay in effect, the provider argued it shouldn\u2019t apply to members who don\u2019t meet the law\u2019s requirements independently. For example, Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, an affiliate included as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, received $706,251 in Medicaid reimbursements in fiscal year 2023, below the provision\u2019s $800,000 threshold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Medicaid policy changes come shortly after another blow to Planned Parenthood. In late June, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcaredive.com\/news\/supreme-court-state-medicaid-cuts-planned-parenthood\/751840\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court ruled<\/a> states could block Medicaid funds to abortion providers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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