Federal judge to rule on blocking narrowed Medicaid medically-frail exemption
Plus: Dueling hospital price-transparency bills clear House and Senate committees. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Plus: Dueling hospital price-transparency bills clear House and Senate committees. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
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Federal judge to rule on blocking narrowed Medicaid medically-frail exemption
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Plus: Dueling hospital price-transparency bills clear House and Senate committees. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
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Rule Confidence: Medium
A federal judge in Massachusetts rules this week on whether to block a rule that narrows who counts as too medically frail to have to prove they're working to keep their Medicaid coverage.
25 states and Washington DC sued over the rule, which took effect June 3. The Medicaid work requirements themselves start January 1, 2027. Hearing: July 28, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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Why it matters
This fight decides how easily sick or disabled Medicaid enrollees can be exempted from proving they work once new requirements start January 1, 2027. Watch the July 28 hearing outcome for whether the narrower standard survives.
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Other Confidence: High
Congress just advanced two competing bills forcing hospitals, labs, surgery centers, and pharmacy benefit managers, the drug-pricing middlemen insurers hire, to post their real negotiated prices.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed H.R. 9393 45-0 on July 21. The Senate HELP Committee passed S. 2355 21-1 on July 22. Neither bill has a floor vote scheduled yet.
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Why it matters
Two bills forcing real price disclosure from hospitals and PBMs cleared committee within a day of each other, but neither is scheduled for a floor vote yet, so no new transparency rule is imminent.
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