Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Social Welfare Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 6 of 6

Full-Text Articles in Social Welfare Law

In Re Moore: The Sound And The Fury And The Scalpel, Nora Birzon Henry Apr 1977

In Re Moore: The Sound And The Fury And The Scalpel, Nora Birzon Henry

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


Marital Status And Eligibility For Federal Statutory Income Benefits: A Historical Survey, Marjorie Dick Rombauer Apr 1977

Marital Status And Eligibility For Federal Statutory Income Benefits: A Historical Survey, Marjorie Dick Rombauer

Washington Law Review

In an era when attitudes toward marriage institutions are changing and it has become a truism that governmentally dispensed benefits constitute "the new property," the extent to which marital status is a determinant of the right to receive such benefits is a subject of particular interest. The purpose of this article is to survey that subject. More specifically, this article will trace congressional and administrative efforts to arrive at acceptable definitions of who should be treated as a wife/widow (or husband/widower), so as to be entitled to particular statutory benefits, and similar efforts to define when the status- relationship has …


Child Abuse: The Role Of Adoption As Preventative Measure, 10 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 546 (1977), Mark S. Kaizen Jan 1977

Child Abuse: The Role Of Adoption As Preventative Measure, 10 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 546 (1977), Mark S. Kaizen

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Twilight Of Welfare Criminology, Stephen J. Morse Jan 1977

The Twilight Of Welfare Criminology, Stephen J. Morse

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Recent Developments In Social Welfare Law And The Doctrine Of Separation Of Powers, William H. Taft Iv Jan 1977

Recent Developments In Social Welfare Law And The Doctrine Of Separation Of Powers, William H. Taft Iv

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Separation of Powers


Note: The Federal False Claims Act: A Potential Deterrent To Medicaid Fraud And Abuse, Peter J. Sherman Jan 1977

Note: The Federal False Claims Act: A Potential Deterrent To Medicaid Fraud And Abuse, Peter J. Sherman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

A scandal that seems certain to occupy headline space during the foreseeable future is the abuse of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, under which state agencies provide medical assistance to the elderly, needy and disabled with largely-federal funding. Medicaid fraud and abuse wastes an estimated three billion dollars of tax money each year. Senate investigators who studied the problem found that "rampant fraud and abuse exists among practitioners participating in the Medicaid program" and among participating medical testing laboratories. The Federal False Claims Act (FCA), a statute more than a century old, provides a potential deterrent to such fraud and …