Mitchell v. Lipscomb

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of its component, the Health Care Finance Administration, appeal the order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs in this class action. West Virginia’s Medicaid program follows the Secretary’s policy interpretation directing the inclusion of siblings and their income in the filing unit when determining the Medicaid eligibility of the unit. The district court held that the inclusion of sibling income when determining…