Fabula v. Buck

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs in this class action represent aged, blind, or disabled Maryland residents who are considered “medically needy” because their incomes, while high enough to make them ineligible for Supplemental Security Income [SSI] benefits,1 are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical services. They challenge a state regulation, applicable to them but not to SSI recipients, under which they were denied Medicaid benefits because they had transferred property for the purpose of receiving Medicaid benefits or circumventing the state’s recovery procedures. The…