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Notice of class action – A.A., et al., v. Abraham
The litigation may affect your rights. Please read carefully. PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE This notice informs you about a class-action lawsuit against the SECRETARY of the Louisiana Department of Health and the LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. You may be either a member of the class or a person who may be concerned with the interests…
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Rights at Risk: Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade will roll back progress for many in Deep South
Even though a draft opinion was leaked a few weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey is no less disgraceful – one that should deeply alarm Americans who care about our most fundamental rights. The court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization…
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A.A., et al. v. Harrington, et al.
Decades of research and experience have led to a consensus among mental health practitioners throughout the nation that intensive home- and community-based mental health services are much more effective and less expensive than institutionalizing children and youth who have ongoing mental health needs or who experience a psychiatric crisis. Children and youth with mental illnesses…
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Charles Gresham, et al., v. Alex M. Azar II, et al.
Charles Gresham has had trouble finding and keeping work because of issues related to his seizures. He received a notice from the state of Arkansas that if he did not meet a requirement to work 20 hours a week, he would lose his Medicaid coverage. When he tried to report his work hours to the…
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Ronnie Maurice Stewart, et al., v. Alex M. Azar II
After the Trump administration made changes to the federal Medicaid program that threatened to strip health insurance away from millions of low-income people, the SPLC filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Kentucky residents in danger of losing their coverage. The Trump policy allowed states to seek “waivers” of federal rules – essentially permitting states…
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S.G. vs. The Doral Academy, Inc.
After a Florida pre-kindergarten program refused to assist a 3-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes by monitoring her glucose levels, the SPLC filed a lawsuit on behalf of the child. Reflecting a statewide problem faced by many children with diabetes, the lawsuit describes how the program violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing…
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Melissa Wilson, et al. v. Darin Gordon, et al.
TennCare The SPLC filed a federal class action lawsuit against Tennessee for Medicaid practices that deprived thousands of people of health care coverage despite eligibility. These policies resulted in some residents – including those with serious medical conditions – going needlessly without health care. According to the lawsuit, the state violated federal law by discontinuing…
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J.B., et al. v. Barbour, et al.
Mississippi mental health case Mississippi’s mental health system is failing children from low-income households. The state fails to invest in community-based services and instead pumps the bulk of its resources into ineffective, expensive institutions. Parents are often forced to choose between hospitalizing their children or foregoing mental health services altogether. The SPLC Mississippi Youth Justice…
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Brown v. James
Communication Device Case Preventing medical discrimination against the disabled Six-year old Danielle Brown was born without the ability to form sounds to make words. She needed a special device called an augmentative and alternative communication device (AAC) that uses symbols, pictures, and a keyboard to help her communicate, but Medicaid had refused to pay. The…
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Harris v. James
Medicaid Transportation Securing federally-mandated transportation In 1994, the Center challenged Alabama’s failure to provide Medicaid recipients with medically necessary transportation as mandated by federal law. Many Center clients were dialysis patients who had to go without food to pay for transportation to regularly scheduled treatments. Some were even forced to miss appointments altogether. One client…
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