Supreme Court· 1/9/1985

Alexander v. Choate

Citations

469 U.S. 287
105 S. Ct. 712
83 L. Ed. 2d 661
1985 U.S. LEXIS 39
53 U.S.L.W. 4072

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holding that Medicaid \benefits\ under the Rehabilitation Act [and hence ADA] are \the individual services offered\ not the \amorphous objective of 'adequate health care'\
holding that 14-day limitation on inpatient hospital stays does not deny disabled individuals meaningful access to Medicaid services
holding that a ceiling on the number of inpatient hospital days paid for by Tennessee's Medicaid program did not deny the disabled meaningful access to Medicaid services
holding that regardless of previous 20 inpatient days Medicaid funding limitation, present 14 day limitation provided meaningful access
holding that reduction of inpatient coverage for class of Medicaid recipients did not violate Rehabilitation Act without questioning propriety of class action under Rehabilitation Act
holding that \adequate health care\ was too \amorphous\ a concept to define the government service or benefit to which disabled persons may assert a statutory right of access and accommodation

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Judges: Marshall

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