Bonta calls the medical-frailty ruling a major victory
Rob BontaCalifornia attorney general
Bonta calls the ruling a major victory and calls the administration's efforts to take away healthcare cruel.
“People with serious illnesses or disabilities should not have to worry about losing their healthcare because of work requirements or related barriers. That’s not what Congress intended, and despite the Trump Administration’s cruel attempts to rip away healthcare from those in need, that’s not what the court held today.”
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States challenge CMS's medically frail exemption test; the agency defends its authority
States challenged CMS's requirement that medical frailty significantly impair a person's ability to meet Medicaid work requirements. CMS defended the test. An October 29 ruling struck that added condition while upholding two other challenged provisions.
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Bonta supports the ruling and argues that serious illness or disability should not put healthcare access at risk because of work requirements.
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Bonta announces a ruling that vacates the rule's medical-frailty definition.
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Bonta says he is proud to fight for affordable healthcare.
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Regarding CMS's medical-frailty policy, Bonta condemns the administration's efforts as cruel.
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“Action: Defended the additional impairment test, arguing that the term medically frail need not cover every person within the statutory subcategories.”Read statement
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