NC Attorney General: Last-Minute Medicaid Rule Change Will Cost Counties Millions

NC attorney general: Last-minute Medicaid rule change will cost counties millions

By Jaymie Baxley Congress included an exemption in last year’s federal Medicaid work requirement law for people who are “medically frail” — a category that encompasses people with serious or complex medical conditions like cancer, Parkinson’s disease, cystic fibrosis and other illnesses that can make it difficult to maintain employment. The provision was intended to ensure that some of the nation’s sickest Medicaid beneficiaries would not lose t…

Trump Medicaid Rule Could Strip Coverage From Seriously Ill People

Even terminally ill people must prove they are too sick to work to keep their Medicaid coverage.