Andrews Ex Rel. Andrews v. Haygood

NEWBY, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether the statutory framework governing the State’s subrogation claim for medical expenses on a Medicaid recipient’s tort claim settlement complies with federal Medicaid law as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States in Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268, 126 S. Ct. 1752, 164 L. Ed. 2d 459 (2006). Because Ahlborn does not mandate a specific method for determining the medical expense portion of a plaintiff’s settlement, we uphold North Carolina’s reasonable statutory scheme and accordingly…