Court battle brewing over work rules for Medicaid [View all]
Source: The Hill
A battle is brewing in the courts over the Trump administration's move to let states impose work requirements for recipients of Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor.
Advocacy groups are gearing up to sue the administration, arguing that it doesn’t have the power to allow work requirements and other rules for Medicaid without action from Congress.
But the administration is defending the legality of the shift. When unveiling guidance Thursday on the work requirements, top Medicaid official Seema Verma said the administration has "broad authority” under current law to allow states to make changes through waivers.
On Friday, the administration quickly gave Kentucky the green light to implement work requirements for some beneficiaries, the first time such an approval has been given.
Shortly after, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) issued a press release stating, “litigation is expected because the approval violates federal law.”
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/368818-court-battle-brewing-over-work-rules-for-medicaid
And if anyone thinks that "republican" controlled senate and congress, is just fine and dandy, and think that its just a okay, too pack the lower courts with hypocrites that side with lobbyists running a federal agency....................well one day, your parents or yourself may be in the position, where you need this programs, know matter how much money you have, health care can bankrupt you, and this lady should have never been confirmed to this position--------------------this is direct assault on legislation and an agency to help human beings out---------------it is the continued undermining of human decency and principles
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
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