In 2008, Medicaid providers began reducing payments to
doctors by 10% in California. (CA) Health care companies and Medicaid clients
began suing Medicaid. Now the Supreme
Court will determine if such action is legal.
The health care companies and clients feel that the slashes
were against federal law. They were
enacted to save CA money. The clients
and providers stated decreased payments would lead to less companies accepting
Medicaid putting care in danger.
The state of CA feels that only the state government and not
the Supreme Courts are allowed to rule on rates for Medicaid. They state that unless Congress has
documentation of federal courts setting Medicaid rates in the Constitution,
state law overrides federal law. This
viewpoint wouldn’t allow clients and providers to go to court.
The President and his staff agree with the state of CA
regarding this topic. A decision is
likely to be reached on this case sometime next year. The case is gaining national attention
specifically from activists in the physically/mentally challenged community and
those associated with Medicaid.
This is the most Godless administration America has ever had in her history of existance.
ReplyDeleteThey (politicians)could care less about the physically challanged and their varied special needs. This holds true at even the local level.