Kentucky Work Requirements Lawsuit Is Moot; Other Cases Continue

A federal appeals court on Wednesday (Jan. 8) dismissed a lawsuit over Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky now that the state’s new governor has abandoned the policy, but similar lawsuits challenging work requirements in other states are ongoing. The Kentucky case was pending at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit along with a companion case on Arkansas’ work requirements. A three-judge panel heard oral arguments in both cases in October and appeared dubious that CMS had the...