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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jan. 20, 2011

High Court to Review Medi-Cal Cuts

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a series of cases out of California where court injunctions blocked state officials from slashing funds for health care services to the poor, and other states are watching.


By Emma Gallegos


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider whether health care providers can sue to prevent California officials from slashing their reimbursement rates for treating low-income and disabled patients.


The high court will examine a trio of rulings by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, consolidated into one argument, that blocked California from enacting reimbursement reductions in 2008 and 2...

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