Medicaid – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

01 Oct

Maryland is a safe haven for abortion care — with one obscure exception

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Maryland, Medicaid, Reproductive rights

Women who qualified for Medicaid because they are pregnant may have to foot the bill for an abortion There’s a wonky, long-running and almost entirely under-the-radar hitch that makes it harder for some women in Maryland to get an abortion.

02 Jul

Abortion rights groups file suit to overturn ban on taxpayer-funded abortions

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Constitutional Protections, Lawsuit, Medicaid, Michigan, Reproductive Freedom, taxpayer-funded, United States

"The ACLU Michigan announced Thursday it had filed a suit challenging Michigan’s ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion and related care, arguing the ban violates the state’s newly enacted constitutional protections for reproductive freedom. The suit, filed alongside the law firm Goodwin Procter on behalf of YWCA Kalamazoo, which offers financial assistance to help people pay for abortion care and related costs. According to a statement from ACLU Michigan, 77% of those who YWCA Kalamazoo provides with this assistance have incomes that qualify them for Medicaid. The suit argues the ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion violates the right to reproductive freedom…

29 Mar

Variability in Payment Rates for Abortion Services Under Medicaid

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Services, Healthcare, Medicaid, Payment Rates, United States

"Medicaid is a joint federal and state program and Medicaid payment rates, which are set by the states, have been the focus of policy attention since its early days. Generally speaking, Medicaid reimbursement rates have historically been lower than those paid by Medicare and are even lower relative to private insurance rates. These lower rates have been cited as a disincentive to Medicaid provider participation, which limits the pool of providers willing to serve Medicaid enrollees and constrains their access to care..."

20 Mar

Nevada judge blocks state from limiting Medicaid coverage for abortions

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, coverage, Department of Health and Human Services, equal rights protections, Judge, legislation, Medicaid, Nevada, United States, Written order

"A Nevada judge has struck down the state’s limits on Medicaid coverage for abortion services, saying the restrictions violate equal rights protections. Clark County District Judge Erika Ballou said Tuesday from the bench that she planned to issue a written order at a later date directing the state Department of Health and Human Services to grant Medicaid coverage for all abortions. Currently, Nevada’s Medicaid program only covers abortions for pregnancies that are life-threatening or result from rape or incest...."

15 Feb

Missouri Supreme Court again says state can’t deny Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood

BarbraLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Funding, Medicaid, Missouri, State Supreme Court

Missouri’s highest court for the second time in four years rebuked the efforts by Republican lawmakers to ban abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving Medicaid reimbursements.

29 Jan

Pennsylvania high court revives a case challenging Medicaid limits for abortions

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Coverage, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Medicaid, Pennsylvania, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive healthcare, United States

"Pennsylvania's Supreme Court said Monday that a lower court must hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a decades-old state law that limits the use of Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions, a major victory for Planned Parenthood and the abortion clinic operators who sued. The decision also elicited hope that the state Supreme Court may one day find a right to abortion in Pennsylvania's constitution after the U.S. Supreme Court ended nearly a half-century of federal abortion protections by overturning Roe v. Wade...."