24 States Sue HHS Over Cancellation of Billions in COVID-Era Funding

The states said in the suit that ’the foreseeable end of the COVID-19 pandemic is not a lawful basis to terminate the funding.’

Government signage for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Baltimore, Md., on Feb. 17, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

State attorneys general and governors are suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over the agency’s recent cancellation of billions in funding allocated to health departments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The HHS’s decision to pull back some $12 billion in funding was made without proper cause, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, the suit says.