We have exciting news from our colleagues at Disability Rights Connecticut, NHelp, Justice in Aging and their private co-counsel! They have a ruling in a nationwide class action to restore Medicaid benefits to individuals dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare whose benefits were reduced after March 18, 2020 to only the Medicare Savings program despite a federal statute prohibiting loss of Medicaid benefits. This was a nationwide class action that will apply to Massachusetts. MassHealth implemented the unlawful federal regulation from July, 2021 through July, 2022 by reducing benefits for certain dually eligible elderly and disabled individuals from MassHealth Standard to only Medicare Savings benefits (the Buy-In and Senior Buy-In programs). The court has now ruled the federal regulation MassHealth was following was unlawful, and ordered CMS to notify states by Feb 7, 2023.
Federal Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction, Restoring Vital Medicaid Benefits for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
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