Coverage dated October 28, 2026 to October 30, 2026
Judge blocks Trump administration’s Medicaid rule forcing sick recipients to prove they can’t work
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Chronically ill people on Medicaid won’t be bound by new work requirement rules that the latest Trump administration guidance requires in order to qualify for “medically frail” exemptions, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Work requirements for Medicaid are a longstanding Republican policy initiative. A coalition of Democratic states and the District of Columbia brought the suit.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its narrow definition of “medically frail” for Medicaid work-requirement exemptions, ruling it exceeded federal authority and could cause eligible people to lose coverage.
A judge ruled that federal regulators exceeded their authority in narrowing the exceptions to Medicaid work requirements for people with medical issues.
A federal judge has ruled that chronically ill people on Medicaid won’t be bound by new work requirement rules that the latest Trump administration guidance requires in order to qualify for “medically frail” exemptions
Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration in June over the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidance tied to the 2025 law known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill."
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Trump administration's definition of "medically frail" used for Medicaid is unlawful, issuing a temporary injunction on states having to determine medical frailty. U.S. District Judge Richard G.
A federal judge on Thursday thwarted the Trump administration from enforcing a rule that would impose a strict version of work requirements for Medicaid recipients battling illness. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, sided with 25 Democrat-led …
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Judge Richard Stearns sided with 25 Democratic-led states and D.C. on the frailty definition, but Medicaid work requirements still start Jan. 1 and he upheld two other federal verification limits.
The government unlawfully tried to make it harder for vulnerable Medicaid recipients to get exemptions to the program’s work requirement, ruled a federal jurist.
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration Thursday from enforcing a rule that would narrow exceptions to new work requirements for Medicaid recipients with serious medical conditions.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing a rule that would narrow exceptions to new work requirements for Medicaid recipients with serious medical conditions.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday told the Trump administration that it could not move forward with a plan that would make it harder for seriously ill Americans to obtain or stay on Medicaid after work requirements take effect in January.
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Chronically ill people on Medicaid won’t be bound by new work requirement rules that the latest Trump administration guidance requires in order to qualify for “medically frail” exemptions, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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