AMICUS: Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, U.S. Supreme Court

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Executive Summary

On December 18, 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case presenting the question: does the Medicaid free choice of provider provision, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(23)(A), unambiguously confers a right upon beneficiaries to choose a specific provider? After giving some background on enforcement of the Medicaid Act, this Case Explainer focuses on this case.

When certiorari was granted, the case was called Kerr v. Planned Parenthood. Eunice Medina has since become the Interim Director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and, under federal rules, is substituted as the petitioner.

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NATIONAL SIGNATORIES:

National Disability Rights Network
Community Catalyst
National Center on Law and Economic Justice
The Arc
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Justice in Aging
Center for Medicare Advocacy
Center for Public Representation
Compassion and Choices
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
Positive Women’s Network-USA
AIDS United
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
Sylvia Law, Professor Emerita, New York University School of Law

STATE-BASED SIGNATORIES:

William E. Morris Institute for Justice (AZ)
Maternal and Child Health Access (CA)
Florida Health Justice Project
Public Justice Center (MD)
Center for Civil Justice (MI)
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest
New York Legal Assistance Group
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy (NC)
Pisgah Legal Services (NC)
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Tennessee Justice Center
Disability Rights Wisconsin

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