The National Health Law Program and the Northern Justice Project filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood, urging the Alaska Supreme Court to enjoin a state law that limited abortion coverage for Medicaid-eligible women in Alaska based on an extremely narrow definition of medical necessity.
The amicus brief provides a detailed description of other states’ medical necessity definitions to show that Alaska’s law was an outlier.
Since 1986, the Advocate's Guide to the Medicaid Program has been the leading authoritative reference on Medicaid law. Pre-order today to reserve your copy of the 5th edition. The Guide is available in both print and digital versions, which will be available this fall.