Medicaid work requirement ruling could affect Ohio
U.S. District Judge
States were previously not allowed to tie Medicaid eligibility to work requirements, but the Trump administration opened the door to let states add such requirements.
The health insurance program for low income Ohioans -- jointly funded by the state and federal government -- covers about 3 million residents, with about 700,000 covered through Medicaid expansion.
The decision could be a setback for the
"We are currently reviewing the court decision regarding
"We believe that the peoples' elected representatives, not the judiciary, are responsible for setting health care policy and determining how tax dollars are spent. We hope the
Boasberg blocked the rules because it said the Trump administration never adequately considered whether the changes would comply with the central tenet of Medicaid: Providing health care for its citizens.
"The Secretary never provided a bottom-line estimate of how many people would lose Medicaid with (the new rules) in place. This oversight is glaring," wrote Boasberg, an appointee of former President
Boasberg ordered that
Rep.
"We certainly do not have the resources and the funds to fight a legal battle that we will lose," Sykes said.
The process for getting approval for work requirements likely will be slowed by the ruling, according to
"This ruling is not on the merits of the waivers but a ruling on the approval process. The judge wants more detailed information from the Administration on how these waivers meet the goals of the Medicaid program. The Administration can either appeal the ruling or give a more detailed explanation for how the waiver works," Hederman said via email.
In addition,
He said health law experts have labeled work requirements as problematic because they don't fit in to Medicaid's mission as it was originally set up under federal law, which is to provide medical assistance.
"A lot of questions are centered around 'Is this even what Medicaid is supposed to be? And I think the judge very clearly said 'No. This proposal is not only incomplete, it's arbitrary and capricious', meaning it is not consistent with the way Medicaid is supposed to be," Anthes said.
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