Maine Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge To Medicaid Amendment
- 10-01-2013
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PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine federal judge on Sept. 30 dismissed without prejudice a potential class action suit against the secretary of Health and Human Services, which alleges that a recent amendment to Maine’s Medicaid plan that reduced or terminated Medicaid benefits does not comply with the “maintenance of effort” requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), saying it would be improper to proceed in the state’s absence (Louis Bourgoin, et al. v. Kathleen Sebelius, No. 13-55, D. Maine; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140599).