A federal judge in Massachusetts denied an emergency bid by two dozen Democrat-led states to halt a Trump administration rule requiring certain Medicaid recipients to prove they cannot work, a ruling that undercuts the states’ core claim of irreparable financial harm.
U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns ruled late Wednesday that the states failed to demonstrate their implementation costs would be “totally irrecoverable,” declining to issue a preliminary injunction against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services interim rule. The denial hands the administration a significant early win in a legal fight that could reshape how millions of Americans qualify for government health coverage.
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