Judge Finds North Dakota Can Have More Restrictive Medicaid Requirements

Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 1:46 PM EDT) -- MINOT, N.D. — A federal judge in North Dakota on May 6 dismissed a trustee’s lawsuit arguing that the state cannot impose stricter requirements for Medicaid eligibility and seek trust assets as part of a deceased man’s estate, holding that North Dakota is a Section 209(b) state under the Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Act (SSI) (Mary Todd v. Christopher D. Jones, No. 18-cv-150, D. N.D., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77361)....