“Earlier this month, CMS outlined guidance for states determining if an applicant is considered to be medically frail, which can include a diagnosis like cancer or HIV or disability like blindness. The new rule requires someone’s ability to work to be “significantly” impaired to qualify, a standard some found to be “restrictive.”
Citing the looming deadline to implement the new requirements by next year, the states collectively said they’d made plans with looser definitions following earlier guidance. “
Pa. joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump administration over Medicaid work requirement rules