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Half of states sue Trump administration over revised Medicaid work requirements

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Twenty-five Democratic states and the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over an interim final rule that imposes stricter standards for medically frail exemptions to Medicaid work requirements.

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  1. Axios

    Democratic states sue over Medicaid work rules (opens Axios)

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    Half of the states are suing the Trump administration over its directives for implementing Medicaid work requirements , arguing that exemptions for sick people are too narrow and violate administrative law.

  2. Rhode Island Current

    25 Democratic-led states sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements (opens Rhode Island Current)

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    Twenty-five Democratic-led states plus the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over its new work requirements for people who get their health insurance through Medicaid. At issue is a “medically frail” designation that the states say is too narrow and will make it too difficult f…

  3. Pennsylvania Capital-Star

    Pa. joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump administration over Medicaid work requirement rules (opens Pennsylvania Capital-Star)

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    Pennsylvania Capital-Star's feed description

    Medicaid work requirement rules limit how states can handle an applicant who's medically frail, which has no set definition.

  4. Maryland Matters

    Maryland, 24 other Democratic-led states, sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements (opens Maryland Matters)

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    Twenty-five Democratic-led states plus the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over its new work requirements for people who get their health insurance through Medicaid. At issue is a “medically frail” designation that the states say is too narrow and will make it too difficult f…

  5. American Greatness

    Democrat-Led States Sue Trump Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirement Rules (opens American Greatness)

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    A coalition of 25 Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s rules implementing new Medicaid work requirements. […] Source

  6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Suit filed over Medicaid work requirements (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    NEW YORK -- Democrats in 25 states and the District of Columbia on Monday sued the Trump administration over its recent guidance on new Medicaid work requirements, arguing the strict rules will prevent eligible Americans from accessing the care they need.

  7. STAT

    Half of states sue over Medicaid work requirements (opens STAT)

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    FDA peptide panelists, a new study on Covid and flu shots, and more health news from Morning Rounds

  8. CT Mirror

    25 states sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements (opens CT Mirror)

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    CT Mirror's feed description

    CT and other Democratic-led states sued over the federal government's new work requirements for Medicaid enrollees.

  9. Spotlight PA

    Pa., 24 other states sue Trump administration over Medicaid work-requirement rule (opens Spotlight PA)

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    Spotlight PA's feed description

    This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s partnership with NOTUS , a nonpartisan news organization that covers government and politics with the fresh eyes of early career journalists and the expertise of veteran reporters. A coalition of 25 states and Washington, D.C.

  10. Health Care Finance News

    Half of states sue Trump administration over revised Medicaid work requirements (opens Health Care Finance News)

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    Health Care Finance News's feed description

    Twenty-five Democratic states and the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over an interim final rule that imposes stricter standards for medically frail exemptions to Medicaid work requirements.

  11. Californiaglobe

    Coalition Including California, Arizona, and Nevada Sues Trump Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirements (opens Californiaglobe)

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    Plaintiffs’ claim the rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act, ignores evidence from past work requirement experiments, and unconstitutionally coerces states

  12. Oregon Capital Chronicle

    Oregon, 24 other states sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements (opens Oregon Capital Chronicle)

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    Oregon Capital Chronicle's feed description

    Twenty-five Democratic-led states plus the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over its new work requirements for people who get their health insurance through Medicaid. At issue is a “medically frail” designation that the states say is too narrow and will make it too difficult f…

  13. Arizona Mirror

    Arizona joins Democratic-led states to sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements (opens Arizona Mirror)

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    Arizona Mirror's feed description

    Twenty-five Democratic-led states plus the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration over its new work requirements for people who get their health insurance through Medicaid. At issue is a “medically frail” designation that the states say is too narrow and will make it too difficult f…

  14. Hawaiitribune Herald

    States sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    WASHINGTON — More than two dozen states sued the Trump administration this week over a regulation on new Medicaid work requirements, arguing that the guidelines are inconsistent with the law and will result in many sick and poor Americans losing coverage.

  15. Arkansas Times

    More than two dozen states sue over Trump’s Medicaid work requirements (opens Arkansas Times)

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    A group of 25 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday, asking a federal court to block parts of the Medicaid “work requirements” imposed by Trump’s signature piece of legislation last year.

  16. Fox News

    Coalition of 25 states sues Trump admin over Medicaid work rule designed to prevent fraud (opens Fox News)

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    A coalition of 25 states is suing the Trump administration, arguing new Medicaid work requirement rules could strip millions of health coverage.

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