Legal Opinion
Caroline Winter v. Jeffrey C. Miller, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 20, 1982No. 81-1387PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The Supplemental Security Income Act for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (Supplemental Security Income Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq., enacted in 1974, changed eligibility standards for Medicaid recipients. The change threatened to lengthen the Medicaid rolls and place immediate fiscal pressures on the states. To ease these pressures, Congress added § 209(b), 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a), (f), to the Act. Section 209(b) gave states a choice: adopt the new standard or retain their eligibility standard in existence on January 1, 1972. The issue presented in this…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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