The initiative, which requires some Medicaid recipients to work, attend school or volunteer in order to maintain coverage, is part of a broader push to chip away at the ACA. (Photo: Shutterstock)
(Bloomberg) –The Trump administration's attempt to restore a work requirement for Medicaid benefits in Arkansas was rejected on appeal, a blow to the government's larger effort to reshape U.S. health-care policy.
Friday's ruling, by a federal appeals court in Washington, upholds a lower-court's March decision that voided the work rules and jeopardizes similar programs approved by the U.S. Health and Human Services Administration in seven other states, likely prompting the government to seek a Supreme Court review.
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