D.C. Circuit, Following Its Own Precedent, Tosses NH Work Requirements

A federal appeals court on Wednesday (May 20) upheld a lower-court ruling that invalidated New Hampshire’s plan to add work requirements to its Medicaid program -- a development that was expected based on an earlier appellate ruling against work requirements in Arkansas. The legal fight over Medicaid work requirements, however, remains unsettled, as the Trump administration still may take the issue to the Supreme Court. Wednesday’s decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was essentially a...