Medicaid and the enforceable right to receive medical assistance: The need for a definition of "medical assistance". From: William and Mary Law Review | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 College of William and Mary, Marshall Wythe School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
INTRODUCTION 
I. OVERVIEW OF MEDICAID 
II. SECTION 1983 AND ENFORCEABLE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS 
   A. Civil Rights Act of 1871 
   B. Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman 
   C. Blessing v. Freestone 
   D. Gonzaga University v. Doe 
III. MEDICAID AS AN ENFORCEABLE RIGHT UNDER [section] 1983. 
   A. Eleventh Circuit: Doe v. Chiles 
   B. First Circuit: Bryson v. Shumway 
IV. INITIAL REMEDIES 
V. THE EMERGENCE OF A SPLIT 
   A. Seventh Circuit: Bruggeman v. Blagojevich 
   B. The Third Circuit and the Recognition of the 
      Split: Sabree v. Richman 
VI. ...

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	McCallum's plan adds $74 million for uninsured; Medical-assistance costs: Approval would mean an additional $105 million in federal grants ; ...money to meet the rising costs of medical assistance programs caused by an unanticipated...help from the state's $1.1 billion medical-assistance program to pay for costs like health...reimbursement rate to clinics for treating medical-assistance patients, or it could make it harder...
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