West Virginia Appeals to Supreme Court Over Medicaid Coverage for Gender-Affirming Surgery

State argues financial constraints while courts deem the exclusion discriminatory under federal law

West Virginia seeks Supreme Court review after lower courts ruled Medicaid must cover gender-affirming surgeries.
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey cites budget limitations as the reason for excluding these surgeries from coverage.
Federal judges have found the state's policy discriminatory, violating the Medicaid Act and Affordable Care Act.
The case could set a national precedent on state obligations to cover transgender healthcare under Medicaid.
Similar legal battles are ongoing in other states, with North Carolina also appealing to the Supreme Court.