Foley Hoag LLP has launched a new blog to highlight and explain current legal and policy issues in the Medicaid program and how they will play out in the public policy arena. The Medicaid program is the single largest source of health insurance for children and adults in the United States.
The blog, "Medicaid & The Law," will be co-authored by Foley Hoag partner Thomas Barker and associate Ross Margulies. Barker inaugurated the blog with an entry examining the ability of Medicaid beneficiaries and providers to enforce a legal entitlement to Medicaid, an issue which is squarely presented in the case Armstrong vs. Exceptional Child Center Inc. currently pending before the Supreme Court of the United States.
"Medicaid was enacted in 1965 and was, at the time, viewed as the forgotten stepchild of the then much larger Medicare program. Today, Medicaid serves almost 69 million low-income Americans, is far larger than Medicare, and is the largest and most complex health insurance program in the United States. Yet Medicaid remains a mystery to many. Any changes to the program and legal challenges to its provisions have an enormous impact on the delivery of healthcare generally and the legal framework around it," Barker said.
"Our goal with this blog is to provide helpful, up-to-date insight for lawyers, policymakers, industry leaders, and public health specialists whose practices are affected by Medicaid but can't focus on the constant flow of changes and challenges. Future posts to the blog will address the many current issues that arise in today's Medicaid program."
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