Planned Parenthood clinics remain protected for now from Medicaid cuts under the Trump administration’s tax law after a federal judge denied the government’s motion to stay a previous order pausing enforcement.
The US Department of Health and Human Services failed to sufficiently make the case that the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts should stay injunctive relief to Planned Parenthood Federation of America members who have demonstrated that they are likely to face irreparable harm under the one-year pause on Medicaid reimbursements, Judge Indira Talwani wrote in her order Aug. 29. The ruling keeps in place Talwani’s July ...