U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Kentucky officials did not properly consider that nearly 95,000 Kentucky Medicaid recipients would lose coverage as a result of the work requirements and ruled that the proposed measures must face further scrutiny from CMS.
“CMS is planning to open a new 30-day federal public comment period on the KY HEALTH demonstration to better inform any future decision on the demonstration that was remanded back to the department for further review,” a CMS spokesperson said.
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