United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 05 Civ. 9549 (LAP)

December 29, 2005 United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 05 Civ. 9549 (LAP)Anticipating that Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible individuals may not be correctly assigned to a Medicare Part D pharmacy benefit plan, and thus denied pharmacy benefits, 8 plaintiffs filed a civil suit on behalf of the entire class of dual eligibles to request that drug benefits for dual eligibles be covered by Medicaid. The suit, filed in US District Court, Southern District of New York names as defendant Michael O. Leavitt of the National Department of Health and Human Services that oversees Medicare and the . . .