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conflicting state law.170 In Wos v. E.M. A. ex rel. Johnson, the Supreme Court assumed, without explicitly acknowledging, that there is an implied cause of action from the Supremacy Clause for Medicaid beneficiaries.171 These decisions could potentially open up another avenue to enforce Medicaid beneficiaries’ rights against state Medicaid agencies as the Supreme Court narrows the scope of § 1983.
170. See, e.g., Lankford v. Sherman, 451 F.3d 496, 510 (8th Cir. 2006); Planned Parenthood v. Sanchez, 403 F.3d 324, 331 (5th Cir. 2005); Pharm. Research & Mfrs. of Am. v. Concannon, 249 F.3d 66, 75 (1st Cir. 2001); Concourse Rehab. & Nursing Ctr., Inc. v. Whalen , 249 F.3d 136, 146 (2d Cir. 2001); Elizabeth Blackwell Health Ctr. for Women v. Knoll, 61 F.3d 170, 176 (3d Cir. 1995); Hope Med. Grp. for Women v. Edwards, 63 F.3d 418, 426 (5th Cir. 1995); Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Mich. v. Engler, 73 F.3d 634, 637 (6th Cir. 1996); Zbaraz v. Quern, 596 F.2d 196, 199 (7th Cir. 1979); Lewis v. Hegstrom, 767 F.2d 1371, 1375 (9th Cir. 1985) (finding it is a “settled proposition that state regulations which are inconsistent with federal [Medicaid] law are invalid under the Supremacy Clause”); Hern v. Beye, 57 F.3d 906, 913 (10th Cir. 1995).
171. Wos v. E.M. A. ex rel. Johnson, 133 S. Ct. 1391, 1398 (2013); see also Simon Lazarus, “Supreme Law” For Medicaid Patients or Just Business?, 47 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 111, 112 (2013) (“the decision implicitly answers the elephant-in-the-room question—Does the supremacy clause authorize preemption by a federal spending clause-based law that itself contains no express right of action?—and that the answer is yes.”).
172. Rochelle Bobroff, You Have a Federal Right, but Do You Have a Remedy?, 44 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 428, 434 (2011).
173. See Bobroff, supra note 13, at 74.
176. See David Sloss, Constitutional Remedies for Statutory Violations, 89 IOWA L. REV. 355, 360 (2003); Guiltinan, supra note 169, at 1619–20.

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