Federal Appeals Court Appears Dubious Of Medicaid Work Requirements

By James Romoser / October 11, 2019 at 6:34 PM
Federal appellate judges grilled a lawyer for the Trump administration on Friday (Oct. 11) over the administration’s policy allowing states to add work requirements to their Medicaid programs, with all the members of a three-judge panel -- two Democratic appointees and one Republican appointee -- expressing skepticism that work requirements can promote the goals of Medicaid. The judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit repeatedly suggested that CMS failed to adequately consider the prospect of significant...


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