Amicus brief of the National Health Law Program in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center

Executive Summary

Amicus brief by NHeLP and advocates supporting the respondents and arguing that the history and purpose of the Medicaid Act illustrate the need for private enforcement when states’ violations of the Medicaid Act are harming program beneficiaries. An adverse decision in this case would remove one of the primary avenues that low-income individuals have used to obtain judicial relief when illegal state actions are harming them.