STEIMEL v. WERNERT

Nos. 15-2377, 15-2389.

823 F.3d 902 (2016)

Karla STEIMEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Thomas Maertz, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John J. WERNERT, Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Michael Beckem and Lois Beckem, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and John J. Wernert, Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gavin M. Rose , Attorney, ACLU of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant and Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas M. Fisher , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Ryan M. Hurley , Harmony Ann Mappes , Attorneys, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


No one would accuse the Medicaid program of simplicity. Our task in this appeal is to consider whether Indiana has chosen an acceptable way to deliver certain home- and community-based services. It does so through so-called waiver programs that are operated by state Medicaid agencies. The word "waiver" is used because the default...

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