United States Sixth Circuit

In a class-action challenge to the Michigan Medicaid plan's methodology for calculating eligibility and benefits for relatives caring for dependent children, that treats non-parents differently from parents, the district court did not err in finding that the current policy is not "comparable" for all members of the eligibility group.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/27/2003
• Published 01/27/2003

Judges

• Before DAUGHTREY and MOORE, Circuit Judges;  ECONOMUS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William R. Morris (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Social Services Division, Lansing, MI, for Appellants., Rochelle Bobroff (briefed), AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jacqueline Doig (argued and briefed), Terri L. Stangl (briefed), Center for Civil Justice, Saginaw, MI, for Appellees.