Trump Administration Faces Lawsuit Over Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirements

Source: WSJ



By Stephanie Armour Jan. 24, 2018 2:06 p.m. ET


Advocacy groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block work requirements and other changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program, setting up a legal battle that could help define the limits of the conservative push to revamp the program in about a dozen states.

The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C., seeks class-action status on behalf of 15 plaintiffs who assert that the changes, approved by the Trump administration, are illegal and go beyond the administration’s authority.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, pushed the Medicaid changes in his state. He also has issued an executive order saying that Kentucky’s expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act would end if courts strike down any of the changes. About 400,000 Kentuckians received coverage under the expansion.

Medicaid, the health program for the poor and disabled, has become the fiercest battleground between the political parties as Republican seek to put a conservative stamp on health care.........................

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