"Supreme Court rules federal Medicaid statute pre-empts state law"  
Jurist Mar 21
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/03/supreme-court-rules-federal-medicaid-statute-pre-empts-state-law.php 
"The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled 6–3 Tuesday in Wos v. EMA[opinion, PDF], formerly Delia v. EMA [JURIST report], that the NC Gen. Stat. § 108A-57, which takes a third of medical malpractice settlements for Medicaid reimbursement, is preempted by the Medicaid Act's anti-lien provision, 42 USC §§ 1396a(a)(25), 1396k(a) [texts]. The court affirmed the lower court ruling for unnamed minor E.M.A. Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the opinion of the court: . . . "