The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with South Carolina in its bid to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, ruling that individual Medicaid recipients do not have the right to sue to enforce their choice of healthcare provider.
In the Planned Parenthood case, health care experts had urged the High Court to rule in favor of Planned Parenthood and uphold a woman’s ability to legally enforce her right to receive Medicaid-covered family planning services from the provider of her choice. Scholars including those at the George Washington University filed a public health amicus brief on the case last March.
The brief points out that family planning services can significantly reduce the risk of adverse health outcomes and infant mortality and can prevent reproductive health conditions that cause infertility or cancer.
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Sara Rosenbaum, is the Emeritus Professor of Health Policy and Management, and previously served as founding Chair of the Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy at the George Washington University. She is a nationally recognized expert on health care access for vulnerable populations.
MaryBeth Musumeci is an associate teaching professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at GW’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. Her work concentrates on Medicaid for people with disabilities, including issues related to people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, community integration, long-term services and supports, and Medicaid demonstration waivers.
Julia Strasser is the director of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health and an assistant research professor of health policy and management at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Sonia Suter is a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and founding director of the Health Law Initiative. She is an expert on issues at the intersection of law, medicine, and bioethics, with a particular focus on reproductive rights.