Hull v. Burwell

RULING GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

JEFFREY ALKER MEYER, District Judge.

This case poses an important issue of constitutional standing to maintain a federal court action. The question is whether a Medicare patient has standing if Medicare denies a healthcare claim but then Medicaid — a separate government health program — ends up paying the claim. In such circumstances, I conclude that there has been no redressable injury-in-fact to allow the patient to raise a challenge in federal court to Medicare’s handling or denial of her claim.

Background

Plaintiffs are five elderly women from…