Legal Opinion
Rush v. Parham
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1980No. 77-2743PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Carolyn Rush sued various federal and Georgia officials to secure Medicaid funding for transsexual surgery. The district court, on Rush’s motion for summary judgment, ordered state defendants to pay for the surgery, holding that a state Medicaid program cannot, consistent with 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (1976), categorically ■ deny funding for necessary medical services. The district court also ordered federal defendants to disapprove that portion of Georgia’s Medicaid plan that “irrebuttably den[ies] Medicaid coverage for transsexual surgery.” Rush v. Parham, 440 F.Supp. 383…
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