Pennsylvania Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Against Medicare Autoenrollment

January 16, 2006 Pennsylvania Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Against Medicare Autoenrollment In December 2005, the Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP) and Community Legal Services (CLS) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia to intervene in the Medicare autoenrollment process. Attorneys requested that dual-eligible individuals be permitted to continue their coverage with their current Medicare or Medicaid program rather than be automatically enrolled in the Medicare plan that took effect on January 1, 2006. The groups argued that the autoenrollment process could effect more than 100,000 Pennsylvanians and cause them to lose access to their . . .