Health
Boston
Judge blocks stricter Medicaid medical-frailty testCourt blocks a Medicaid rule that risked sick people’s coverageMedicaid work mandate survives ruling against frailty test
On October 29, a federal judge in Boston blocked a federal rule requiring some chronically ill Medicaid recipients to prove their conditions prevent them from meeting work requirements to qualify as medically frail.On October 29, a federal judge blocked the administration’s stricter test for medically frail Medicaid recipients, finding states showed the rule could cause serious harm as they prepared work requirements.On October 29, a federal judge blocked one federal test for medical-frailty exemptions, but left Medicaid’s new work requirements and other verification rules intact.
