· 11/26/1975
District of Columbia Podiatry Society v. District of Columbia
Citations
- 407 F. Supp. 1259
- 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15082
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that fiscal considerations play a legitimate role in a state's determination of what medical services to provide
- recognizing that fiscal considerations play a legitimate role in a state’s determination of what medical services to provide
- explaining that states are given “considerable discretion and latitude in devising their Medicaid Plans”
- “It appears then that it is the position of HEW, the agency which issued the Medicaid regulations, that the ‘amount, duration, and scope’ provision permits the District to limit the scope of podiatric (or other optional) services compensable under Medicaid.”
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Judges: Gasch
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