司法部将介入德州诉计划生育组织医保欺诈案：索赔约18亿美元，拟11月13日前提交动议
据路透社报道，美国司法部11月6日晚通过一份提交给联邦法院的联合状态报告表示，将介入德克萨斯州诉计划生育组织（Planned Parenthood）医疗补助（Medicaid）欺诈案，并计划在11月13日之前正式提交介入动议。这宗案件在德州北区联邦地区法院 Amarillo 分院审理，由联邦地区法官 Matthew Kacsmaryk 主审。
联合状态报告由联邦与私人一方的律师共同提交。报告写道：「美国（联邦政府）计划在2026年11月13日之前提交介入动议。」截至11月7日周六，法院案卷上尚未出现这份动议。被告一方在报告中表示，就任何联邦介入保留全部权利。
这宗案件始于2021年。一名化名 Alex Doe 的匿名举报人依据联邦《虚假申报法》提起诉讼，指控计划生育组织的分支机构在被德州与 Louisiana 州终止 Medicaid 资格之后，仍继续向两州 Medicaid 计划收费收款，且在终止生效后没有退还相关款项。时任德州总检察长 Ken Paxton 于次年代表德州介入诉讼。原告一方寻求的赔偿总额约为18亿美元，包括要求退还的 Medicaid 款项、利息与罚金。
计划生育组织一方否认欺诈指控。该组织表示，州政府的终止决定当时被法院暂停执行，其在此期间收费是合法的，并称若败诉、被判支付上述金额，将被迫关闭在德州的业务。计划生育组织联合会总法律顾问 Susan Baker Manning 就联邦介入表态称，这是「特朗普政府要关掉我们的一次行动」。计划生育组织公布的年收入约为21亿美元。
此案曾长期停摆。地区法院2023年10月裁定计划生育组织联合会不享有律师豁免，案件自2024年1月起因其上诉而冻结。联邦第五巡回上诉法院全体法官审理后于2026年8月12日以缺乏管辖权为由驳回这项中间上诉，案件由此回到地区法院继续审理。各方已提议于2027年4月13日开始为期七天的庭审。
联邦立场此次出现反转：2021年拜登政府时期的司法部曾选择不介入此案。介入动议的时间点正值德州选情生变之后：Paxton 在本周的联邦参议员竞选中落败，民主党人 Nathan Johnson 当选下任德州总检察长、将于明年1月就职。Johnson 表示，他上任后将审查 Paxton 十二年任内提起的诉讼，这宗计划生育案也在审查之列，并称届时将「采取符合本州利益的适当行动」。按联合状态报告的说明，德州此前介入的范围只涉及计划生育组织未退还款项的一项主张。
（来源：美国联邦法院）
Justice Department to Join Texas Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit Against Planned Parenthood Seeking About $1.8 Billion
The U.S. Department of Justice said in a joint status report filed with a federal court on Friday night, November 6, that it will join Texas' Medicaid fraud lawsuit against Planned Parenthood and plans to file a formal motion to intervene by November 13, according to Reuters. The case is before U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in the Amarillo Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
The joint status report, filed by federal and private lawyers, states: "The United States is planning to file a motion to intervene by November 13, 2026." As of Saturday, November 7, no such motion had yet appeared on the docket. The defendants reserved all rights regarding any federal intervention.
The case began in 2021, when an anonymous whistleblower known as Alex Doe sued under the federal False Claims Act, alleging that Planned Parenthood affiliates continued to bill and collect payments from the Texas and Louisiana Medicaid programs after the states terminated their eligibility, and failed to repay the money after the terminations took effect. Then Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened on the state's behalf the following year. The plaintiffs seek about $1.8 billion in Medicaid reimbursements, interest and penalties.
Planned Parenthood denies the fraud allegations. The organization has said its billing was legal because courts had paused the states' termination decisions, and that a payout of that size could force it to close. Susan Baker Manning, general counsel for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, called the federal move "an effort by the Trump administration to shut us down." Planned Parenthood has reported annual revenue of about $2.1 billion.
The case was frozen for years. A district court ruled in October 2023 that the national federation was not entitled to attorney immunity, and the case was paused from January 2024 while Planned Parenthood appealed. On August 12, 2026, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed that interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction, returning the case to the district court. The parties have proposed a seven-day trial beginning April 13, 2027.
The federal move reverses the position taken in 2021, when the Justice Department under President Joe Biden declined to step into the case. It comes days after Texas voters chose Democrat Nathan Johnson as the state's next attorney general; Paxton lost his bid for the U.S. Senate. Johnson, who takes office in January, has said his review of the lawsuits Paxton filed during his 12-year tenure will include the Planned Parenthood case, and that he will then "take appropriate action in the interests of my state." According to the status report, Texas had intervened only on a claim that Planned Parenthood failed to repay money it owed.
(Source: U.S. Federal Court)
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