Lawsuit targets ‘medically frail’ Medicaid work requirement exemption
The suit says CMS narrowed the medically frail exemption and could force people with chronic illnesses to submit extra proof to keep coverage.
- On Friday, Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit in the District Court challenging new federal work requirement rules that restrict exemptions for medically frail people.
- President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer, establishing work requirements across 44 states; a federal rule issued in June defined 'medical frailty' exemptions that plaintiffs claim are too narrow.
- Plaintiffs from Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and North Carolina joined the American College of Physicians and other medical groups arguing that reporting burdens threaten coverage for people with HIV and complex behavioral disorders.
- "We should not and must not be implementing policies that place this already vulnerable population at increased risk," said Jan K. Carney, president of the American College, echoing concerns from Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein.
- Republicans argue requirements push people into the workforce, though Research shows most Medicaid recipients already work or attend school, and cities fear uncompensated costs when residents lose coverage.
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As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance – WTOP News
Work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries begin across the U.S. in January, the result of President Donald Trump’s big 2025 tax cut and policy law, and a handful of Republican-led states are imposing tougher rules than the law requires. At issue is how someone can prove they are too medically frail to work. While federal...
Lawsuit targets ‘medically frail’ Medicaid work requirement exemption
A new lawsuit is challenging how the Trump administration plans to exempt medically frail people from Medicaid work requirements. Medicaid enrollees, alongside several major health care advocacy organizations and the city of Columbus, Ohio, said the administration’s final rule implementing work requirements is not what Congress intended.
Medical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements • Kentucky Lantern
Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements. The broad tax and spending law that President Donald Trump signed last summer, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, established work, school or community service requirements for low-income adults who receive Medicaid under expansion provisions […]
Medical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements • Oklahoma Voice
Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements. The broad tax and spending law that President Donald Trump signed last summer, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, established work, school or community service requirements for low-income adults who receive Medicaid under expansion provisions […]
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