Legal Opinion
Gabrielle Goodwin v. Florida Department of Children etc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 4, 2016No. 1D12-4430PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOsterhaus, J.
Gabrielle Goodwin appeals the co-payment calculation made by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) related to her Medicaid-covered nursing home care. She claims that federal law required the agency to deduct all unpaid nursing home bills' she incurred before becoming Medicaid eligible from co-payment amounts she was responsible to pay after joining the program. A DCF hearing officer rejected her argument below. And we affirm because DCF reasonably interpreted and applied the Medicaid law upon which Ms. Goodwin bases her challenge.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Harris v. McRaeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- PW Ventures, Inc. v. NicholsSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
- Heimmermann v. First Union Mortgage CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- Heart of Live Oak, Inc. v. State, Office of Financial RegulationDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016