Overview

• In a 6-3 decision, the Court concluded that Section 1983 does not clearly grant Medicaid beneficiaries a private right to sue states over funding exclusions
• Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion held that states may decide which providers qualify for Medicaid without fear of individual lawsuits
• Liberal dissenters warned the decision will strip low-income patients of their only meaningful way to enforce free-choice-of-provider protections and could worsen rural health care gaps
• Republican-led states including South Carolina can now cut off Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood for services like contraception, cancer screenings and STI testing
• Senate Republicans have added language to their budget reconciliation package aimed at stripping Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood nationwide