Health experts say it's likely the decision won't stop the administration or conservative states from moving forward. Many predict the issue will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. (Photo: Shutterstock)
For a second time in nine months, the same federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's plan to force some Medicaid recipients to work to maintain benefits.
The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg blocks Kentucky from implementing the work requirements and Arkansas from continuing is program. More than 18,000 Arkansas enrollees have lost Medicaid coverage since the state began the mandate last summer.
Boasberg said that the approval of work requirements by the Department of Health and Human Services “is arbitrary and capricious because it did not address … how the project would implicate the 'core' objective of Medicaid: the provision of medical coverage to the needy.”
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