Legal Opinion
42 soc.sec.rep.ser. 176, Medicare&medicaid Gu 41,784 Christine Stowell v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 10, 1993No. 93-1254PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Although this appeal presents an issue of first impression that requires us to navigate a complex maze of statutes and regulations, its resolution turns on the interpretation of two words in common usage. We hold, as did the court below, that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) permissibly concluded that the term “payment levels” as used in 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(c)(l) (1988) refers to baseline payments received under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Consequently, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
AFDC is a voluntary, cooperative…
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