Content overview: “Federal Judge Blocks Narrower Medicaid 'Frailty' Definition, Siding with Critics of Work R”. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration exceeded its authority by redefining the Medicaid 'frailty' exception, a change that would have forced more beneficiaries with health problems to meet work requirements. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, Federal Judge Blocks Narrower Medicaid 'Frailty' Definition, Siding with Critics of Work Requirements
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration exceeded its authority by redefining the Medicaid 'frailty' exception, a change that would have forced more beneficiaries with health problems to meet work requirements. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., invalidates guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that narrowed the definition of 'medically frail' The ruling is a significant setback for the administration's push to add work requirements to Medicaid, a policy already adopted in several states. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.