Just a quick heads-up on a case the Supreme Court has already accepted for review this term – it’s known as .

The issue in simplest terms, is whether Medicaid recipients and providers can sue a state for failing to pay the rates required by the Medicaid Act. Well, that seems straightforward enough . . . before, that is, one takes into account the actual law and the courts’ reading of the law.

The linked article reveals some of the complications – for example, that the Ninth Circuit previously ruled the State of California “failed to produce evidence that it complied with requirements that do not appear in the [federal] statute.” Huh?

With all the attention given this term to the probable hearing of the Obamacare appeal, other important insurance-related issues such as Douglas v. Independent Living Center aren’t getting any air time. This case is worth following because of its potential to increase the cost of Medicaid–even before the increase in Medicaid cost that will result from Obamacare.