US judge blocks Medicaid rule making chronically ill people prove impairment

Judge Richard Stearns sided with 25 states and Washington, D.C., which sued in June. The rule would have made people with serious conditions show they significantly impair their ability to meet work requirements.

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Starting Jan 1, 2027, Medicaid expansion enrollees aged 19 to 64 must show 80 hours a month of work or community service, or be in school half time.

The ruling does not strike down the work requirements, and it upholds two other federal limits on how states verify medical frailty.