Post by Logan on Jun 6, 2016 3:40:49 GMT -6
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An advocacy group for affordable health care has sued the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of a 21-year-old Omaha college student who was denied Medicaid benefits.
The Nebraska Appleseed Center's lawsuit accuses department CEO Courtney Phillips and the department's director of Medicaid and long-term care, Calder Lynch, of violating the federal Medicaid Act, the Lincoln Journal Star reported (http://bit.ly/1U56wT0 ).
Appleseed attorney Sarah Helvey said Azar Webb should have been approved under a Medicaid category added by the Affordable Care Act for those up to age 26 who formerly were in foster care. HHS' plan authorizes federal funding only until age 21.
Helvey is asking a Lancaster County judge to stop HHS from denying Webb coverage and to reimburse him or medical professionals for medical care he received after he turned 21 in September.
Read more: www.yankton.net/news/state_ap_ne/article_c896b1b1-66c4-56f1-8fd5-d611983aab72.html
The Nebraska Appleseed Center's lawsuit accuses department CEO Courtney Phillips and the department's director of Medicaid and long-term care, Calder Lynch, of violating the federal Medicaid Act, the Lincoln Journal Star reported (http://bit.ly/1U56wT0 ).
Appleseed attorney Sarah Helvey said Azar Webb should have been approved under a Medicaid category added by the Affordable Care Act for those up to age 26 who formerly were in foster care. HHS' plan authorizes federal funding only until age 21.
Helvey is asking a Lancaster County judge to stop HHS from denying Webb coverage and to reimburse him or medical professionals for medical care he received after he turned 21 in September.
Read more: www.yankton.net/news/state_ap_ne/article_c896b1b1-66c4-56f1-8fd5-d611983aab72.html