Texas wants Planned Parenthood to give back millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements and pay far more in fines on top of that.

The case now before him in America’s biggest red state does not surround abortion, which has been banned in Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. But Planned Parenthood argues the attempt to recoup at least $17 million in Medicaid payments for health services, including cancer screenings, is a new effort to weaken the organization after years of Republican-led laws that stripped funding and imposed restrictions on how its clinics operate.

At issue is money Planned Parenthood received for health services before Texas removed the organization from the state’s Medicaid program in 2021. Texas had begun trying to oust Planned Parenthood four years earlier and is seeking repayment for services billed during that time.

  • Unaware7013@kbin.social
    31·
    1 year ago

    It’s not rational, it’s not logical, it doesn’t pass a common sense test, you’re fucking stupid.

    An apt description of just about any part of the GQP/conservative ideology.

    • flipht@kbin.social
      8·
      1 year ago

      But it does make sense. It is logical.

      You are expecting them to make logical, sensible choices to get to the outcome you think is right, and they’re not.

      But their choices have led them to exactly where they want to be - able to blame democrats any time something goes wrong, while looting and pillaging the tax base to enrich their private donors.

      This is all working as intended and designed. And until we stop acting like they’re idiots that just happened to stumble onto something, they’ll keep getting away with it. If they were truly stupid, or weren’t planning this shit out, then we’d see benefit for normal people at least some of the time. Since we consistently see that only the rich benefit, it is safe to assume that they are only trying to benefit the rich. And are doing so successfully.