Susan I. MEUSBERGER, Appellee, v. Charles M. PALMER, Director of the Iowa Department of Human Services, Appellant

WOODS, District Judge.

The Iowa Department of Human Services (“IDHS”) appeals the order of the district court1 requiring IDHS to fund the plaintiff's pancreas transplant. The IDHS challenges the district court’s finding (1) that it was the IDHS policy to fund all nonexperimental transplant surgeries, and (2) that pancreas transplants are nonexperi-mental. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The plaintiff, Susan Meusberger, has severe, or “brittle,” diabetes. In a non-diabetic, the pancreas secretes insulin into the body as needed to regulate blood sugar levels. Many diabetics artificially regulate blood…