In Amicus Brief, U.S. Says No Conflict Between ADA, Medicaid Act

Mealey's (January 30, 2020, 3:12 PM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida officials embroiled in a dispute over that state’s limited-enrollment Medicaid waiver program on Jan. 13 disputed the position recently taken by the U.S. government that it is a “well settled principle that a state’s obligations” under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) “are independent of, and distinct from, Medicaid requirements” (Benjamin Alexander v. Mary Mayhew, et al., No. 18-569, N.D. Fla.)....