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Judge blocks Trump administration's Medicaid rule on medical frailty proof

  • A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's Medicaid rule requiring proof of medical frailty.
  • The rule mandated chronically ill Medicaid recipients to prove their frailty to qualify for exemptions.
  • Twenty-five states had sued the Trump administration over the new guidance.
  • The judge ruled that states did not have adequate time or resources to overhaul eligibility systems.
  • The rollout of Medicaid work requirements may be delayed past the start of the year.
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