Justices Lean Toward Planned Parenthood in Medicaid Row Case (1)

A majority on the US Supreme Court seemed to doubt South Carolina’s claim that Medicaid recipients can’t sue over the state’s decision to exclude a Planned Parenthood affiliate from its program.

In their questions during arguments Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett appeared concerned that people on Medicaid wouldn’t have any other way to challenge a state’s decision to nix their preferred health-care provider.

Roberts said one of the benefits provided by the Medicaid Act is recipients may choose their own doctor.

“If the person thinks that’s not being provided, what remedies do they have?” he ...