Chisolm ex rel. CC & MC v. Greenstein

ORDER AND REASONS

CARL J. BARBIER, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Enforce Stipulations *712and Orders (Rec. Doc. 275). The Defendant, Bruce Greenstein, the acting Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, opposes the motion.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND BACKGROUND FACTS

Medicaid is a federal-state cooperative program providing federal funding for state medical services to the poor. See Wilder v. Va. Hosp. Ass’n., 496 U.S. 498, 502, 110 S.Ct. 2510, 110 L.Ed.2d 455 (1990). Although state participation in Medicaid is voluntary, once a State elects…