Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.
Medicaid requires participating States to pay for certain needy individuals' medical costs and then to make reasonable efforts to recoup those costs from liable third parties. Consequently, a State must require Medicaid beneficiaries to assign the State "any rights ... to payment for medical care...
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