Non-Discrimination and Civil Rights Archive

Clear Filters

… results in Non-Discrimination and Civil Rights.

March 14, 2012
Davis v. Shah, Western District of New York and Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald Cases
Medicaid beneficiaries in New York brought this lawsuit to compel the New York State Department of Health to cover medically necessary compression stockings and prescription footwear through the State’s Medicaid program, alleging that the failure to do so violated the Medicaid Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section…
Read more
February 15, 2012
Amicus: National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius and Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Supreme Court of the United States
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald Cases
The National Health Law Program filed an amicus brief arguing that the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act was constitutional and did not impermissibly coerce states. The amicus brief provided a detailed history of the Medicaid program and argued that the ACA’s Medicaid expansion was in keeping with…
Read more
January 1, 2011
T.R. v. Dreyfus, Western District of Washington
Kimberly Lewis
2011 Medicaid eligible children and youths under 21 years old, with mental health needs, brought this lawsuit to obtain intensive home and community-based mental health services which they are entitled to through Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment provisions. Partners: Disability Rights Washington, National Center for Youth…
Read more
August 29, 2005
Lankford v. Sherman, Western District of Missouri and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald Cases
Medicaid beneficiaries in Missouri challenged a regulation which eliminated coverage for many items of durable medical equipment, such as nebulizers, catheters, suction pumps, apnea monitors, and wheelchair accessories or scooters. Coverage was eliminated even where a medical provider said the devices were medically necessary. Without this equipment, plaintiffs and…
Read more
March 15, 2005
Edmunds v. Levine, Southern District of Florida
Litigation Team Cases
Class of severely disabled Medicaid recipients challenged Florida’s decision to deny coverage of a prescription drug, Neurontin, for medically accepted indications that were cited in congressionally-recognized drug compendia, including neuropathic pain and certain psychiatric disorders, in violation of the Medicaid Act. Partners: Florida Legal Services, Legal Aid Service of…
Read more

Non-Discrimination and Civil Rights Archive

Never miss a thing.

Subscribe today.

Davis v. Shah, Western District of New York and Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Amicus: National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius and Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Supreme Court of the United States

T.R. v. Dreyfus, Western District of Washington

Lankford v. Sherman, Western District of Missouri and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Edmunds v. Levine, Southern District of Florida