Judge Won't Stop It: Terminal Patients Still Face Work Requirement Rule

A federal judge just refused to pause Trump's Medicaid work requirements while 25 states and D.C. sue. Under the CMS rule the administration is defending, a terminal diagnosis — cancer, HIV, Parkinson's — is still not an automatic exemption. You may have to prove the condition "significantly impairs" your ability to hit 80 hours a month, or risk losing coverage. The CBO projects 11.8 million more uninsured over the decade. Around 5.7 million of those are Medicaid recipients who either don't meet the 80-hour rule or get tripped by the new paperwork hurdles. Paperwork is the cut.

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SOURCES

1. Common Dreams Trump Admin Argues Even Terminally Ill Patients Shouldn't Be Exempt From Medicaid Work Requirements

2. STAT News Judge denies states' motion to postpone Medicaid work requirement

3. North Carolina Health News NC attorney generalLastminute Medicaid rule change will cost counties millions

4. NC Lawyers Weekly AG Jackson sues federal agencies over Medicaid rule threatening coverage for cancer patients

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