McLaughlin v. Wing

—Determination unanimously confirmed without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Petitioner, who is over the age of 18, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a determination made following a fair hearing denying her request for Medicaid reimbursement for root canal therapy *955on a rear molar. As a Medicaid recipient, petitioner is entitled to essential, not optimal, care. Recognizing that a reasonable alternative course of treatment would be extraction and replacement of the tooth, the Administrative Law Judge found that root canal therapy is not medically necessary. That…