“Private Causes of Action” Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act May Proceed Without “Demonstrated Responsibility” Says 6th Circuit, Declining to Follow Decisions of Other Jurisdictions

Our January 31, 2011 No-Fault Newsline discussed the fact that, despite concerted efforts by the Plaintiff’s bar, federal courts had not interpreted the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP) to permit double recovery in private-party personal injury cases where payments had been made by Medicare….