Medicaid beneficiaries in Arizona challenged Arizona’s decision to impose expensive copayments that exceeded the limits set out in federal law, creating barriers to beneficiaries’ access to services. Plaintiffs also challenged the United States Department of Health and Human Services approval of those copayments through the federal Section 1115 authority.
In "Detrimental Effects of Allowing States to Waive the Essential Health Benefits," Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld and Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado explain how…