Mowbray v. Kozlowski

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

The question before us is whether certain Virginia criteria for Medicaid eligibility violate the federal Medicaid statute. The answer requires us to reconcile two seemingly contradictory provisions of the Medicaid program. Section 209(b) of the Supplemental Security Income Program, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(f), permits Virginia and certain other states to employ Medicaid eligibility criteria that are more restrictive than the corresponding federal eligibility criteria. The issue here is whether Virginia’s relatively restrictive criteria violate § 303(e) of the Medicare…