Judge rejects states’ bid to block Medicaid work rules - The Daily Chronicle

Federal judge refuses to block Trump Medicaid work requirement, rejecting two dozen Democrat-led states

A federal judge in Massachusetts denied an emergency bid by two dozen Democrat-led states to halt a Trump administration rule requiring certain Medicaid recipients to prove they cannot work, a ruling that undercuts the states’ core claim of irreparable financial harm. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns ruled late Wednesday that the states failed to demonstrate...

Judge rejects states’ bid to block Medicaid work rules - The Daily Chronicle

States will have to meet a Jan. 1 deadline to implement new Medicaid work requirements, after a federal judge denied 25 Democratic-led states’ request to pause implementation of the rule. The broad tax and spending law President Donald Trump signed last summer, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, requires states that have expanded Medicaid to cover more adults under the Affordable Care Act — 42  states plus the District of Columbia — to mandate that…