Judge blocks Trump administration's Medicaid work requirement rule forcing proof of medical frailty | PBS News - 世界杯买球网

Starting Jan. 1, expansion enrollees aged 19 to 64 must show that they work or do community service at least 80 hours a month, or are in school at least half the time. There are exceptions for those considered medically frail or in addiction treatment programs, among others.

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Left: FILE PHOTO: A nurse takes someones blood pressure inside the East Arkansas Family Health Center in Lepanto, Arkansas, May 2, 2018. Photo by Karen Pulfer Focht/Reuters [...] Additionally, Stearns upheld two other federal restrictions on how states can verify medical frailty: including the requirement that states reject proof of patients' medical frailty if the diagnosis is more than a year old. He also upheld a policy allowing states to accept only one self-attestation per continuous period of enrollment. [...] The new Medicaid restrictions are part of Trump's big tax and policy law in 2025. The change affects those covered through an expansion in most states that gave more lower-income people access to the government's safety net healthcare program.