Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast, Inc. v. Gee

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Medicaid’s free-choice-of-provider provision, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(23), guarantees *482that Medicaid beneficiaries will be able to obtain medical care from the qualified and willing medical provider of their choice. In response to secretly recorded videos released by the Center for Medical Progress depicting conversations with Planned Parenthood employees elsewhere, Defendant-Appellant Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (“LDHH”), terminated Plaintiff-Appellee Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast’s (“PPGC”) Louisiana Medicaid provider agreements. PPGC and the individual…