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HOLLAND v. PARDEE COAL CO.

Government Benefits, Health Law
The Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992, 26 USC 9701-9722, allows the Social Security Administration to exercise its assignment authority...

TYLER v. DOUGLAS

Government Benefits
Under 42 USC 1396b(d)(3)(B)(ii) of the Medicaid Act, Medicaid recipients are not entitled to any of the tobacco settlement funds that reimbursed...

KEPPLE v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
The petitioner's ability to drive a car, watch television, and take care of three small children belies his argument that his vision is so...

RAMEY v. REINERTSON

Government Benefits
Recipients of Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled are also entitled to Medicaid benefits.

BRUTON v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
Reliance on medical grids rather than vocational expert testimony is not appropriate in a disability proceeding where medical record shows that...

US v. LISS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Government Benefits
Under USSG 3B1.3 a physician abuses a position of trust when the physician receives kickbacks for patient referrals, even if the referrals were...

VEGA v. COMM'R. SOC. SEC.

Government Benefits
In application for Social Security disability benefits, an administrative law judge may not simply reject a diagnosis for chronic fatigue syndrome...

HARRIS v. OWENS

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits
The Eleventh Amendment does not bar a state Medicaid beneficiary's injunctive relief entitling him to a share of tobacco settlement funds that are to...

SIMMONS v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits, Military Law
Evidence of a military discharge for back problems prior to eligibility for Social Security disability benefits does not establish an impairment...

SUBIA v. COMM'R OF SOC. SEC.

Government Benefits
An objection to an out of state administrative law judge is not a constitutionally colorable claim sufficient to excuse Social Security disability...