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Judge Blocks States from Halting Medicaid Work Rules | Raleigh News
A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit from 25 states seeking to block new Medicaid work requirements, clearing the way for states to enforce rules that demand certain adults log 80 hours monthly in work, school, or volunteering—or lose coverage. The deadline? January 1st. States argued the federal government’s revised “medically frail” definition would unfairly exclude people with serious conditions and strain resources, especially since they’d already invested in planning under old guidelines. But the judge countered that CMS will cover 90% of implementation costs and noted Congress—not the…
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