Jeannette D. Brown v. Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Supporting

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• holding that CMS was entitled to reimbursement from the proceeds of a medical malpractice settlement pursuant to the MSP
• holding that CMS was entitled to reimbursement from the proceeds of a medical malpractice settlement pursuant to the MSP
• holding that a tort settlement constitutes a primary plan under the 2003 amendments
• interpreting the original statute’s meaning to conclude that the amendment is “a clarification rather than a substantive change”
• giving effect to Congress’s label of an amendment as “technical and clarifying”
• “With this language ... Congress has plainly indicated that the term ‘self-insured plan’ should be given a relatively broad definition, unrestricted by formalistic requirements.”

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