Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Choate
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 1985No. 83-727PublishedCited by 1,262 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
In 1980, Tennessee proposed reducing the number of annual days of inpatient hospital care covered by its state Medicaid program. The question presented is whether the effect upon the handicapped that this reduction will have is cognizable under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or its implementing regulations. We hold that it is not.
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Faced in 1980-1981 with projected state Medicaid 1 costs of $42 million more than the State’s Medicaid budget of $388 million, the directors of the Tennessee Medicaid program decided to institute a variety of cost-saving measures. Among these changes was a…
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