Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 2, 1996PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFried, J.
These four cases raise a common issue in the administration of the Medicaid program that has recurred in virtually identical form throughout the United States. In the four cases before us, the Division of Medical Assistance (division) denied the plaintiffs’ eligibility for Medicaid benefits because it deemed that the plaintiffs had available to them sufficient resources of their own. In three of the cases a Superior Court judge affirmed the division’s determinations, and in the fourth a Superior Court judge reported the case to the Appeals Court.4 We begin by discussing the common issue, and…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Harris v. McRaeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Comey v. HillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Attorney General v. School Committee of EssexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Bell v. Treasurer of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Haley v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Sullivan v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Ramey v. ReinertsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- Es v. Division of Med. Ass. & Health Serv.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2010
- Tarin v. Commissioner of Division of Medical AssistanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Atlanticare Medical Center v. Commissioner of the Division of Medical AssistanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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