Advocates Sue To Overturn Trump CMS Approval Of TN Funding Demo

By Michelle M. Stein / April 23, 2021 at 8:00 AM
The National Health Law Program and Tennessee Justice Center on Thursday (April 22) sued to overturn an 11th-hour move by the Trump CMS to approve Tennessee’s capped Medicaid funding demonstration without giving those affected the required public comment period. Former CMS Administrator Seema Verma touted the demo as a possible model when she approved it in January , shortly before the Trump administration left office, but it was immediately panned by patients’ rights groups that asked the Biden administration to...


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