Legal Opinion
Atkins v. Rivera
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 1986No. 85-632PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case concerns the means by which a State may calculate eligibility for medical-assistance benefits (Medicaid) under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
In Massachusetts, persons who lack sufficient income, measured on a monthly basis, to meet their basic needs automatically qualify for Medicaid. The Commonwealth, however, also provides Medicaid benefits to persons, like respondents, who earn enough to meet their basic needs, but whose medical expenses within a 6-month period consume the amount by which their earnings exceed what is required for basic needs. Construing the Act’s…
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