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SCOTUS Upholds Ability of Medicaid Recipients to Sue States That Violate Their Rights

HeadlineJun 09, 2023

In another Supreme Court ruling Thursday, justices voted to uphold the right of state nursing home residents and other recipients of Medicaid to sue if states violate their rights. The 7-2 vote came as a relief to many who worried the conservative-led Court could seek to weaken government health programs. One public health expert explained, “This case is to Medicaid what Dobbs was to abortion.”

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