Schweiker v. Hogan

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding program extending medical aid to SSI recipients while withholding it from class containing more needy people
• allocating scarce benefits ou the basis of financial ability to meet needs not inconsistent with constitutional principles of equal treatmfnt
• allocating scarce benefits on the basis of financial ability to meet needs not inconsistent with constitutional principles of equal treatment
• The legislative history did not justify a departure from the literal language of the Social Security Act.
• \federal government cannot finance a program that provides meaningful benefits in equal measure to everyone\
• “[I]n terms of their ability to provide for essential medical services, the wealthy and the poor are not similarly situated and need not be treated the same.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).