Planned Parenthood sues over Bobby Jindal's plan to strip Medicaid funding
Source: aljazeera
In recent weeks, it has been shocking to see reports of the alleged activities taking place at Planned Parenthood facilities across the country, said Jindal in a statement. Planned Parenthood does not represent the values of the people of Louisiana and shows a fundamental disrespect for human life. It has become clear that this is not an organization that is worthy of receiving public assistance from the state, he added. Louisiana has also opened an investigation into Planned Parenthood over the issue.
But in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast says termination of its Medicaid provider agreements will limit health services for poor people. The lawsuit says the Jindal administration is violating federal law and unconstitutionally penalizing patients for their association with Planned Parenthood.
The Medicaid payments are set to end Sept. 2 unless Planned Parenthood gets the injunction it's seeking.
Planned Parenthood says that if the court does not step in, more than 5,200 patients could lose access to their health care provider. Nearly 1 in 5 women in Louisiana are uninsured, according to a Gallup-Healthways' survey.
Read more: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/8/25/planned-parenthood-sues-louisiana-over-medicaid-cuts.html
Insurance for the poor, GOP Republicans say this is a Travesty! The GOP will and do lie about anything from Benghazi to the President was born in Kenya. The Insanity never stops with the Republicans, they will do and say anything to get total monopoly on POWER!
randys1
(16,286 posts)they want to KILL them.
You see there is no other conclusion to make when you look at what they do.
I could make a long list of those things they do to prove it, but takes a while
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Faux pas
(14,700 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)evil are about to get a heavy dose of Justice.
Not a shred of actual evidence to support the vicious lies and distortions...not an iota.
Plenty of very good lawyers know exactly what I am talking about.
The strange voices at DU that refuse to understand the vicious nature of the political evil brought to
PP must be under the influence of a heavy combination of amnesia and naivety.