Morrisey Argues Against Gender Affirming Care Through Medicaid
On Thursday, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said his office argued a case before the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals involving the state’s decision not to cover gender-affirming surgeries under its Medicaid plan. Read more at WV Public Broadcasting.
West Virginia Attorney General Morrisey Announces Settlement with ResCare
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a press release Tuesday that his office has reached a settlement agreement with ResCare Inc. for $576,111.43 following an investigation initiated by the Attorney General’s Office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The settlement includes full restitution of $279,923.98 in Medicaid claims identified by the MFCU as being fraudulent, as […]
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit sees successes under Morrisey
The transfer of West Virginia’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has seen substantial increases in investigations and convictions. Members of the West Virginia Legislature’s Post Audit Subcommittee received a report Sunday afternoon on the performance of the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit on the first day of three-day September legislative interim […]
West Virginia AG reports tentative settlement in Google antitrust case
A tentative agreement Thursday was reached with Google in a case brought by 52 attorneys general across the country, the attorney general for the state of West Virginia said. The case focused on anticompetitive conduct involving the Google Play Store and alleged Google harmed consumers by using its monopoly power in the Android app market […]
AG Morrisey and Riley Gaines speak at WVU event to preserve fairness in women’s sports
The Network of Enlightened Women at WVU hosted Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Riley Gaines at an event which focused on preserving fairness in women’s sports, more specifically discussing what took place at the 2022 Women’s National Swim Championships. “I don’t claim to speak for every person on that pool deck, but I can whole […]
Republican candidates for governor talk population and the state’s growing tourism industry
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey trails Capito by 9 points in the MetroNews West Virginia Poll, although 29 percent of those polled said they are “not sure” about the current candidates for governor. Morrisey has an idea of taking a peek at how other states that surround West Virginia operate in multiple facets. He […]
WV AG Morrisey: Moving Pres. Trump’s Trial From DC To West Virginia Would Be ‘Good For Everyone’
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey continues to support a change of venue for 45th President Donald Trump’s federal trial scheduled for March 4, 2024, the day before Super Tuesday, in Washington, DC. “I think that this would be a highly prejudicial tribunal,” Morrisey told One America News. “I’m very concerned about that.” As it stands, […]
AG Morrisey celebrates federal court ruling in case against state abortion law, ban on abortion drug
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is celebrating a procedural victory in an ongoing lawsuit against the state filed by the maker of a generic version of an abortion drug. The U.S. District Court on Thursday granted in part and denied in part Morrisey’s petition to dismiss the case brought by GenBioPro, the manufacturer and marketer of […]
Attorney General Morrisey wins dismissal of challenge to new abortion pill law
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Thursday, August 24, 2023, issued a statement following the Southern District of West Virginia Huntington Division’s decision dismissing nearly every claim lodged by GenBioPro, a company that makes a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone. “As I have said all along, the new Unborn Child Protection Act is constitutional,” […]
West Virginia joins Bipartisan Coalition urging U.S. Supreme Court to protect Veterans’ rights
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a bipartisan coalition of 40 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in urging U.S. Supreme Court to allow a three-time veteran the full set of education benefits the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills allow. The coalition argues that a veteran […]
