Arizona Court of Appeals to Consider Appeal of Reductions in State Medicaid Program

The Arizona Court of Appeals will consider the appeal of a judge’s ruling that the state can legally shrink the enrollment in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state’s Medicaid program, to balance its budget, according to an Associated Press/Washington Post report.

Arizona recently placed new enrollment caps for people, such as childless adults, enrolling in the AHCCCS for the first time or for people re-enrolling in the program.

According to the report, public interest law firms said the limits violated state constitutional protections for voter-approved laws. In 2000, a ballot measure that increased eligibility for the Medicaid program was passed.

However, last month a trial judge said the state does not have an “enforceable duty” to fund the ballot measure that passed.

Arizona Court of Appeals to Consider Appeal of Reductions in State Medicaid Program

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