Kentucky Hospital Industry Tells Court To Uphold Work Requirements

By James Romoser / May 23, 2019 at 6:05 PM
The Kentucky Hospital Association is siding with Kentucky and CMS in the lawsuit challenging the state’s proposed Medicaid work requirements--a rare example of the hospital industry endorsing work requirements as a condition for maintaining health coverage. The association filed an amicus brief Tuesday (May 21) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, asking the court to uphold Kentucky’s 1115 waiver authorizing Medicaid work requirements and other new coverage limitations. In March, a federal district judge ruled against...


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