United States Ninth Circuit

The district court properly affirmed defendant's decisions denying plaintiffs' claims for Medicare coverage for dental services, where: 1) the Medicare Act under which defendant denied coverage was ambiguous on the question plaintiffs raised; 2) Chevron deference applied, and defendant's interpretation of the statute was reasonable; and 3) defendant's denial of coverage did not violate plaintiffs’ equal protection rights under the Fifth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2013
• Published 05/31/2013

Judges

• GOULD

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel