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14 - Commentary on Does v. Gillespie

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2022

Seema Mohapatra
Affiliation:
SMU Dedman School of Law, Texas
Lindsay Wiley
Affiliation:
UCLA School of Law, California
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In Does v. Gillespie, Medicaid beneficiaries sued the director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services claiming that terminating Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid provider agreements violated their federal right under the Medicaid Act to choose any “qualified” provider that offers covered services. The Eighth Circuit held that the free choice of provider provision in the federal Medicaid Act did not create rights enforceable by individual beneficiaries. In their feminist judgment, Melissa Alexander and Jennifer Oliva argue that the clear language of the Medicaid Act unambiguously demonstrates that Congress intended to confer a private right of enforcement under the free choice of provider provision. Elizabeth Kukura’s commentary emphasizes the importance of focusing on the lived experience of Medicaid beneficiaries who rely on Planned Parenthood for basic health care needs. Kukura highlights the influence of anti-abortion politics and ideology on health care access and the structural forms of discrimination that shape it.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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