Can Private Parties Sue to Challenge Underfunding of Medicaid-Care? Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument

Oral argument on Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Care Center before the U.S. Supreme Court on January 20 highlighted important issues of private standing to challenge funding under state-federal Medicaid programs. “The case raises the issue of whether Medicaid providers can challenge a state law in federal court on the basis that it violates the federal Medicaid Act and therefore is preempted by the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution,” as summarized and explored by the Kaiser Family Foundation. 

Additional commentary on the oral arguments is provided on Volokh Conspiracy, via the Washington Post.