Houghton Ex Rel. Houghton v. Reinertson

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

A number of plaintiffs brought this action to challenge the revised Medicaid eligibility rules of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (Colorado), which now permit consideration of self-funded retirement accounts. Colorado has applied the new rule both to initial applications for benefits and to annual eligibility redeterminations. Plaintiffs brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending Colorado’s new rules violated the Medicaid Catastrophic Care Act (MCCA). 42 U.S.C. § 1386r-5. Plaintiffs Stepheny L. Sellers and R. Gene Sellers…