463 F. Supp. 222 - Jaffe v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Congress enacted the Medicaid Act in 1965 as Title XIX of the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.; 42 C.F.R. § § 430-456. The Act was designed to enable states, as far as practicable, to furnish medical assistance to individuals whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical services. To that end, the Act established a medical assistance program, which is a jointly funded collaboration between the states and the federal government. It is a voluntary program, in which a state may elect, but is not compelled, to participate. When a state elects to participate in the medicaid program, it prepares and submits for approval by the federal Health Care Financing Administration, the federal agency that administers the Federal Medical Assistance Program, a state medicaid plan for the provision of medical assistance that complies with the federal Medicaid Act and with the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. See 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a); 42 C.F.R. § § 430-456. If the federal agency approves the state plan, then the state qualifies for federal funding, whereby the federal government will reimburse the state up to 50% of the cost of the medicaid program. See 42 U.S.C. § 1396b(a); 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(b). The federal Office of Inspector General periodically audits state operations to determine whether the operations are '‘cost-efficient” and whether "[fjunds are being properly expended.” 42 C.F.R”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Attorney Grievance Commission v. McLaughlin · Addison v. Lochearn Nursing Home, LLC

2. ““[N]one of the funds provided for in this paragraph shall be used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or except for such medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest, when such rape or incest ha[ve] been reported promptly to a law enforcement agency or public health service; or except in those instances where severe and long-lasting physical health damage to the mother would result if the pregnancy were carried to term when so determined by two physicians.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 481 F. Supp. 137 - Frieman v. Walsh

3. “medically needy” as individuals and families whose income exceeds that of categorically needy but is nevertheless insufficient to cover medical care). Included among the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Addison v. Lochearn Nursing Home, LLC