Court to consider health care law’s Medicaid mandate 
Published: November 14, 2011
Tags: Congress, health care, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Supreme Court
As part of a broad examination of the federal health care law, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether Congress impermissibly conditioned states’ federal Medicaid funding on the adoption of expanded eligibility and coverage thresholds.
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