Feds Tell Colorado to Repay $8 Million in Medicaid Money
The ruling leaves the new Medicaid rules in place as states argue the federal timeline will strain staffing and implementation capacity.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns denied a preliminary injunction request from 26 states seeking to pause Medicaid work requirements scheduled for implementation by January 1, 2027.
- Stemming from the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the rules mandate beneficiaries aged 19 to 64 engage in 80 hours of qualifying activities monthly, a "tight timeline" states argue they lack capacity to meet.
- Plaintiffs opposed CMS guidance redefining "medically frail" exemptions, arguing it "improperly limits" protections for individuals with serious conditions by requiring they prove their condition "significantly impairs" their ability to work.
- Judge Stearns noted the federal government committed to covering 90 percent of implementation costs, stating that financial damages alone fail to justify the "extraordinary measure" of an injunction.
- The legal challenge will proceed with hearings expected before the January 1 deadline, while the American Medical Association and other medical groups continue opposing the policy as threatening coverage for patients with severe illnesses.
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'Even Cancer Is Not Enough': Judge Allows Controversial Medicaid Rules To Stand
The Trump administration got a shot in the arm when a federal judge in Massachusetts declined to block its Medicaid policy that will require some terminally ill patients to prove they are too sick to work if they want an exemption from new work rules. District Judge Richard Stearns rejected an emergency injunction requested by a coalition of two dozen Democratic states, leaving the regulation on schedule for implementation as broader legal chall…
Colorado lawmakers start crafting strategy to manage $200 million in federal rural health funds
Members of the Colorado legislature’s new Commission on Medicaid raised concerns Wednesday about the federal Rural Health Transformation Program created under H.R. 1. The bipartisan, bicameral commission, created in the last legislative session to guide implementation of Medicaid changes under H.R. 1, met Wednesday to begin shaping its recommendations. Cristen Bates, deputy Medicaid director at […]
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Feds tell Colorado to repay $8 million in Medicaid money
(The Center Square) - The federal government is demanding an $8 million repayment from Colorado for inaccurate Medicaid payments.
Trump Admin Argues Even Terminally Ill Patients Shouldn't Be Exempt From Medicaid Work Requirements
A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by more than two dozen Democratic states to halt a Trump administration policy announced last month that would require Medicaid recipients with terminal diseases to prove they are too sick to work in order to be exempt from new work requirements that go into effect this coming January.
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