Abstract

In Finch v. Commonwealth Insurance Connector Authority, 461 Mass. 232 (2012), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that a 2009 law barring a class of legal immigrants from a state funded health insurance program for low income adults violated the state Constitution. This article presents our perspective as plaintiff’s counsel. We focus on the pragmatic issues that we confronted as we considered whether or not to pursue litigation, and the forum and claims to pursue.

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Originally published in Boston Health Law Reporter, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 6-10, Spring 2012.

http://www.bostonbar.org/docs/default-document-library/final-copy--health-law-reporter-spring-2012.pdf?Status=Master

Disciplines

Health Law

Publisher

Boston Bar Association Health Law Section

Publication Date

Spring 2012

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Authors retain copyright.

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Wendy Parmet and Lorianne Sainsbury-Wong

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http://iris.lib.neu.edu/slaw_fac_pubs/174/


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