On April 3, 2023, the Eastern District of New York approved a settlement agreement in Amin v. Kijakazi, a case filed against the Social Security “Fact Sheet: Settlement of SSI Non-Disability Appeals Case, Amin v. Kijakazi”
Category: LITIGATION
Federal Court Orders Health & Human Services (HHS) to Stop Applying Trump Administration Rule that Cut Hundreds of Thousands Off Medicaid Benefits, Certifies National Class
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in a pending case against the “Federal Court Orders Health & Human Services (HHS) to Stop Applying Trump Administration Rule that Cut Hundreds of Thousands Off Medicaid Benefits, Certifies National Class”
CT Federal Judge Rules Against Enforcing Trump-era Medicaid Cuts
The CT Mirror: CT Federal Judge Rules Against Enforcing Trump-era Medicaid Cuts (February 3, 2023) A federal district court judge in Connecticut ruled this week “CT Federal Judge Rules Against Enforcing Trump-era Medicaid Cuts”
Notice to Class of a Proposed Clarification
The parties in Alexander v. Becerra, 3:11-cv-1703 (MPS), regarding appeal procedures for certain Medicare beneficiaries who receive “observation services,” have jointly proposed a clarification of “Notice to Class of a Proposed Clarification”
Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living
Boston Globe: Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living (October 11, 2022) Six Massachusetts residents with disabilities “Lawsuit Says Mass. Residents Unnecessarily Institutionalized in Nursing Homes Should Have Options for Independent Living”
ADA Class Action Seeks to Compel Massachusetts to Stop Unnecessary Institutionalization of People with Disabilities
Six people with disabilities who are unnecessarily institutionalized in nursing facilities, joined by the Massachusetts Senior Action Council, filed a class action lawsuit today in “ADA Class Action Seeks to Compel Massachusetts to Stop Unnecessary Institutionalization of People with Disabilities”
Lawsuit Against Trump-Era Rule Turns into Nationwide Class Action
Connecticut News Junkie: Lawsuit Against Trump-Era Rule Turns into Nationwide Class Action (August 29, 2022) Low-income disabled and older adults in Connecticut, Delaware, and Nebraska “Lawsuit Against Trump-Era Rule Turns into Nationwide Class Action”
Medicaid Enrollees Cut off Critical Health Benefits During COVID Public Health Emergency Due to Lawless Trump Administration Regulation Seek Nationwide Class Certification and Injunction
Media Contact: Bernard Kavaler for Disability Rights Connecticut: 860-729-3021 bernard@express-strategies.com Five Plaintiffs from Three States seek to represent others affected throughout the U.S. and ask “Medicaid Enrollees Cut off Critical Health Benefits During COVID Public Health Emergency Due to Lawless Trump Administration Regulation Seek Nationwide Class Certification and Injunction”
CT Plaintiffs Urge Biden to Rescind Trump-era Medicaid Cuts
Connecticut Mirror: CT Plaintiffs Urge Biden to Rescind Trump-era Medicaid Cuts (August 17, 2022) In response to a lawsuit filed by three disabled women in “CT Plaintiffs Urge Biden to Rescind Trump-era Medicaid Cuts”
Medicaid Enrollees Cut off Critical Health Benefits During COVID Public Health Emergency Due to Lawless Trump Administration Regulation Seek Nationwide Class Certification
Five Plaintiffs from Three States seek to represent others affected throughout the U.S. and ask for nationwide preliminary injunction to stop ongoing harm August 26, “Medicaid Enrollees Cut off Critical Health Benefits During COVID Public Health Emergency Due to Lawless Trump Administration Regulation Seek Nationwide Class Certification”
