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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Maybelyn B. Paden

25 States Sue Trump Administration, Alleging Illegal Removal of Medicaid Work Exemptions for the 'Medically Frail'

25 States Sue Trump Administration, Alleging Illegal Removal of Medicaid Work Exemptions for the 'Medically Frail' (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

A coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia has sued the Trump administration in Massachusetts, accusing federal health officials of unlawfully narrowing Medicaid work requirement exemptions for people deemed medically frail.

The lawsuit, filed on 29 June in federal court, says the new rule could push vulnerable people off coverage just as the work mandate is due to take effect next year.

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