Child Medicaid beneficiaries filed suit against the North Carolina Medicaid agency for its failure to ensure that they received necessary dental services, violating various provisions of the Medicaid Act, including the Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment requirements.
In "Detrimental Effects of Allowing States to Waive the Essential Health Benefits," Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld and Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado explain how…