AARP Successfully Fights Maryland's Overly Restrictive Medicaid Eligibility Standard

AARP Foundation Litigation attorneys along with Maryland's Legal Aid Bureau represent a Maryland woman fighting to avoid institutionalization and instead obtain home and community based services. Ruling in Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene v. Ida Brown, the Maryland Court of Appeals (the state's highest court) agreed with a lower court that the state used the wrong standard in assessing her eligibility for home and community based care, and that the Administrative Law Judge hearing her appeal of denial of benefits did not allow Ms. Brown to present critical evidence during her appeal.