Allina Health System v. Burwell

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Denying Dependant’s Motion to Dismiss

RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

Medicare, the federal, single-payer program that, pays for health, coverage for most Americans aged 65 and older, is governed by an incredibly complex scheme .of statutory provisions..and regulations. .This lawsuit joins along line of cases related to one provision — -the reimbursement formula for certain hospitals serving low-income patients.

Plaintiffs are more than two dozen 2 hospitals (the" “Hospitals”) that serve “a sig nificantly disproportionate number of low-income…