[2] As numerous cases indicate, a Medicaid recipient is entitled to a share under the distribution scheme only when the state recovers excess funds (above Medic-aid costs) in a derivative action upon assignment from the recipient. See, e.g., McClendon v. Georgia Department of Community Health, 261 F.3d 1252 (11th Cir. 2001); Watson v. Texas, 261 F.3d 436 (5th Cir. 2001); Floyd v. Thompson, 227 F.3d 1029 (7th Cir. 2000); Gomer v. Philip Morris, Inc., 106 F.Supp.2d 1262 (M.D.Fla. 2000). These cases, in addressing distribution claims in connection with the Master Settlement Agreement, have consistently and unequivocally held that Medicaid recipients are not entitled to a share of such proceeds.