Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services v. Ahlborn

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that Medicaid \provides joint federal and state funding of medical care for individuals who cannot afford to pay their own medical costs\
• noting that deference is due to an agency's interpretation of a statute rendered while acting in an expert capacity during the course of an adjudication
• striking down statute allowing for lien against patient’s recovery from tortfeasor, but only insofar as that statute permitted a lien in an amount exceeding the costs of medical care
• describing Medicaid program as a “cooperative one” between the federal government and the states
• describing Medicaid program as a “cooperative one” between the federal government and the states
• “The [Medicaid] program is a cooperative one; the Federal Government pays between 50% and 83% of the costs the State incurs for patient care .... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).