Tangney v. Burwell

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

Elizabeth Tangney is very sick, suffering from severe nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. For several years, a team of physicians struggled to find something that would alleviate her symptoms. They finally succeeded in 2011 when they administered Dronabinol. Her insurance at the time covered it. When Tangney switched to Medicare in May 2014, however, its Part D program denied coverage on the ground that the off-label use prescribed to Tangney was not “supported by one or more citations in [approved] ... compendia[.]” 42 U.S.C. §…