Supreme Court to hear case over Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding - Roll Call

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services put combined federal and state Medicaid spending at $805.7 billion in calendar year 2022.
53% : "Congress enacted this provision to ensure that Medicaid recipients, like other individuals, could make deeply personal choices about where to obtain medical care without states 'restricting beneficiaries to certain providers,'" Planned Parenthood argued.
52% : In its brief opposing the return of the case to the Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood argued that the Medicaid law was meant to provide an individual right to their choice of provider from anyone that meets the legal requirements.
51% : The justices only agreed to hear one portion of the case, as requested by Planned Parenthood, and did not agree to hear whether there is a federal right to obtain care from a provider a state has determined is unqualified.
50% : The 4th Circuit eventually ruled again, affirming its original decision that Planned Parenthood had a right under federal law to sue for Medicaid funding.
49% : South Carolina argued that Congress never meant to create an individual federal right to a choice of a Medicaid provider and urged the justices to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit keeping Planned Parenthood in the program.
49% : Planned Parenthood sued, arguing that the federal program includes language that "any qualified provider" is eligible to provide services and receive Medicaid funding, regardless of a state determination about the program.
49% : In 2023, the Supreme Court vacated a 4th Circuit ruling that kept the state locked into a funding agreement with Planned Parenthood as a result of an unrelated case about a similar right in mental health care.
45% : States such as Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi and Texas have laws restricting funding for Medicaid services, according to court papers.
44% : The fight dates back to 2018, when the state's governor sought to exclude abortion providers from receiving Medicaid family planning funding as part of Medicaid's federal-state shared structure, saying that any funds to Planned Parenthood and other clinics helped subsidize abortion care.
42% : States have sought to strip funding from Planned Parenthood and other providers for "unwarranted and politically motivated" reasons -- rather than the providers' ability to provide qualified care, the organization argued.

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