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A.M.L. v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

No. 920595-CA.

863 P.2d 44 (1993)

A.M.L., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DIVISION OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

October 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul McConkie (argued), Utah Legal Services, Provo, Michael E. Bulson, Utah Legal Services, Inc., Ogden, for petitioner.

Jan Graham, State Atty. Gen., J. Stephen Mikita (argued), Douglas W. Springmeyer, Salt Lake City, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.

Before GREENWOOD, JACKSON and RUSSON, JJ.

GREENWOOD, Judge:

A.M.L. petitions for review of a final decision of the Division of Health Care Financing (DHCF) denying her Medicaid benefits for a reduction mammaplasty (breast reduction) that DHCF deemed "medically unnecessary" in her case. We reverse.

FACTS

A.M.L. is a twenty-eight year old woman who has had systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) since she was eighteen years old. Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory disease in which the body's immune...

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