cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42747

Under well-established law, at least some of the conditions Medicaid law imposes on states and health providers may be enforced through private lawsuits. The defendants in Talevski effectively tried to neutralize all of these lawsuits, leaving patients who are mistreated by Medicaid officials or by Medicaid-funded health providers powerless if their legal rights were violated.>>