West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has taken the fight over the state’s decision not to cover sex-reassignment surgeries under its Medicaid plan all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Attorney General made the announcement in a livestreamed news conference on Thursday. This following an 8-6 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in April in favor of a Medicaid recipient.
“Under Medicaid, states have wide discretion to determine what procedures their programs can cover based on cost and other concerns,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “Our state should have the ability to determine how to spend our resources to care for the vital medical needs of our citizens.”
“Just one single sex-reassignment surgery can cost tens of thousands of dollars—taxpayers should not be required to pay for these surgeries under Medicaid.”
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