US judge overturns approval of Kentucky Medicaid work provisions – By Reuters Staff (reuters.com) / June 29 2018
A federal judge ruled that the Department of Health and Human services never adequately considered whether the work requirements actually help the state furnish medical assistance to state residents.
Sebastián Vivallo Oñate | Agencia Makro | Getty Images United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar.
A federal judge on Friday vacated the federal government’s approval of new requirements by the state of Kentucky that people must work or get jobs training if they are to receive benefits from the Medicaid health insurance program.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., ruled that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services never adequately considered whether the work requirements actually help the state furnish medical assistance to state residents.
