Health and Disability

The Florida case is the latest effort to get federal judges to force states to increase Medicaid provider payment rates for the state and federal program that covers about 70 million low-income Americans. In the past two decades, similar cases have been filed in numerous states, including California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Texas and the District of Columbia– with many resulting in higher pay.

But while providers and patient advocates nationwide hailed the Florida decision, they are deeply worried about a U.S. Supreme Court case  that they say could restrict their ability across the country to seek judicial relief from low Medicaid reimbursement rates.