Cite as: 534 U. S. 473 (2002)
Opinion of the Court
Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which O'Connor and Scalia, JJ., joined, post, p. 498.
Maureen McGlynn Flanagan, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs was James E. Doyle, Attorney General.
Jeffrey A. Lamken argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Olson, Acting Assistant Attorney General Schiffer, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, William Kanter, Bruce G. Forrest, Alex Azar II, Sheree R. Kanner, Henry R. Goldberg, Carole F. Kagan, and David R. Smith.
Mitchell Hagopian argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Eva Shiffrin and Sarah Orr.*
Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case requires interpretation of the "spousal impoverishment" provisions of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (MCCA or Act), 102 Stat. 754, 42 U. S. C. § 1396r-5 (1994 ed. and Supp. V), a complex set of instructions made part of the federal Medicaid statute. The
*Thomas C. Fox filed a brief for the American Health Care Association as amicus curiae urging reversal.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for AARP et al. by Rochelle Bobroff, Bruce Vignery, and Michael Schuster; for the Ohio State Bar Association et al. by William J. Browning, Eugene Whetzel, Rene H. Reixach, and A. Frank Johns; for SeniorLAW/Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., by Carol J. Wessels; and for the State Bar of Wisconsin's Elder Law Section by Sara Buscher and Barbara J. Becker.
A brief of amicus curiae was filed for the Medicaid agencies of 14 States by Charles A. Miller, joined by the Attorneys General of their respective States as follows: Bill Pryor of Alabama, Carla J. Stovall of Kansas, John J. Farmer of New Jersey, Wayne K. Stenehjem of North Dakota, Betty D. Montgomery of Ohio, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and Christine O. Gregoire of Washington.
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