Judge blocks the Trump administration's Medicaid rule forcing chronically ill recipients to prove frailty

Summary

A federal judge has ruled that chronically ill people on Medicaid won't be bound by new work requirement rules that the latest Trump administration guidance requires in order to qualify for 'medically frail' exemptions, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported on Thursday 29 October. Twenty-five states sued the administration in June over the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidance tied to the 2025 law known as the 'One Big Beautiful Bill', PBS NewsHour reported, the states arguing that the regulation would unlawfully cause very sick Americans to lose their coverage, according to The NY Times. While the ruling will make it easier for some Medicaid recipients to get an exemption from the new work requirements, the decision of Judge Stearns does not strike down the work requirements, the Inquirer reported.

Latest: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's Medicaid rule forcing chronically ill recipients to prove frailty to be exempt from new work requirements, in a suit brought by 25 states, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ABC News, PBS NewsHour and The NY Times reported, the Inquirer writing that the decision does not strike down the work requirements.

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