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Physician groups, patients challenge CMS Medicaid work rules

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Medical groups, Medicaid beneficiaries, and Columbus, Ohio, allege a CMS rule unlawfully limits work requirement exemptions and risks coverage losses.

A coalition of physician organizations, Medicaid beneficiaries, and the city of Columbus, Ohio, have sued federal health officials over a CMS rule governing Medicaid work requirement exemptions.

The lawsuit, filed September 18 in the US District Court for the District of Maryland, names US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary

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