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In ''Whitney v. Heckler'', a group of physicians challenged the constitutionality of the [[Deficit Reduction Act]], which imposed a temporary freeze on the fees that non-participating physicians could charge Medicare patients.  The [[Eleventh Circuit]] held that this freeze did not violate [[substantive due process]] based on its findings that:

In '''''Whitney v. Heckler''''', a group of physicians challenged the constitutionality of the [[Deficit Reduction Act]], which imposed a temporary freeze on the fees that non-participating [[physicians]] could charge [[Medicare]] patients.  The [[Eleventh Circuit]] held that this freeze did not violate [[substantive due process]] based on its findings that:

*it bore a reasonable relation to a valid legislative purpose

*it bore a reasonable relation to a valid legislative purpose

*it was neither arbitrary nor discriminatory

*it was neither arbitrary nor discriminatory

*it was not a [[bill of attainder]] because it did not inflict punishment on the [[plaintiff]] physicians.

*it was not a [[bill of attainder]] because it did not inflict punishment on the [[plaintiff]] physicians.

[[Category:Circuit Cases]]

[[Category:Circuit Cases]]

[[Category:Medicine]]

[[Category:Medicine]]