No. 09-1747 (E.D.Pa.), filed April 24, 2009

Updated: September 22, 2009

Issue: Whether the failure of the state and federal defendants to coordinate the exchange of information necessary to ensure that the beneficiaries of the Medicare Savings Program have their Medicare premiums timely paid by the Medicaid program violates the Medicare and Medicaid statutes and the Due Process Clause.

Relief sought: Declaratory and injunctive relief to correct the lack of coordination.

Status: Neither the state nor federal defendants have answered the amended complaint or responded to plaintiffs' motion for class certification. The parties have had settlement discussions, and, in the interest of furthering that effort, the parties jointly requested that the case be put on Civil Suspense status for 60 days, which was granted by the court on September 15, 2009.