Legal Opinion
Tristani Ex Rel. Karnes v. Richman
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 29, 2011No. 09-3537, 09-3538PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
In 1965, Congress amended the Social Security Act to create a program for states to assist the poor with their medical expenses. Through this program, known as Medicaid, the fifty states pay medical expenses on behalf of qualified beneficiaries. For more than thirty years, in circumstances where third parties are liable for such medical expenses, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) has recouped its expenditures by asserting liens against future settlements or judgments. In Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services v. Ahlborn,…
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