West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources v. Sebelius

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.

OPINION

DIAZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a grant of summary judgment. The district court dismissed appellant’s challenge to an administrative ruling that sustained a disallowance in federal funding for its Medicaid program. The unambiguous text of the governing statute authorized the disallowance, and agency approval of the amount disallowed was neither arbitrary nor capricious. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Congress created Medicaid in 1965 when it added Title XIX to the…