The Trump administration and Planned Parenthood fight over Medicaid funding just took a big turn. A federal judge has ruled that Medicaid must keep paying Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide. This decision comes as the reproductive healthcare organization fights the White House’s attempts to cut its funding through a part of a large tax bill.
The new order from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston goes further than an earlier temporary block. At first, the judge had only stopped the government from ending Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood locations that either did not perform abortions or got less than $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements per year. The new, wider order focuses on protecting patients’ health.
