10/30/2026
Changes to Medicaid may be slowing down for people with disabilities.
The Associated Press reports that a federal judge has ruled chronically ill people on Medicaid won’t have to meet extra requirements to qualify for “medically frail” exemptions from the new work rules. 🩺
A coalition of 25 states and D.C. sued over CMS guidance requiring people to prove their conditions “significantly impair” their ability to work, a step beyond what the 2025 law says. Thursday’s ruling is a partial win for the states, though the work requirements themselves still stand.
Experts say some people who might have lost coverage could now keep it.
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