Boston judge blocks CMS limit on Medicaid medical-frailty exceptions
U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston on Thursday blocked a CMS rule that would have narrowed who counts as medically frail for Medicaid work-requirement exceptions, according to AP and Reuters.
How it’s being reported
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Judge blocks Trump administration's Medicaid rule forcing sick recipients to prove frailty
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ReutersFirst
US judge blocks Trump limits to Medicaid work requirement exceptions
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Where they agree
- Stearns in Boston issued a partial injunction Thursday in a suit by 25 states and D.C.
- The blocked piece is CMS's extra limit on who counts as medically frail for work-requirement exceptions
- The work requirements as a whole were not invalidated
- CMS had no immediate public comment