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A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by more than two dozen Democratic states to halt a Trump administration policy announced last month that would require Medicaid recipients with terminal diseases to prove they are too sick to work in order to be exempt from new work requirements that go into effect this coming January.

While introducing over $1 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% of Americans, last year’s massive GOP tax and budget bill also imposed new 80-hour-per-month work requirements that states must implement for Medicaid expansion recipients, who receive government-subsidized insurance coverage at or below 138% of the poverty line.

The law specified that those who are “medically frail or otherwise have special medical needs” are excluded from the work requirement, and specifically listed people with a “serious or complex medical condition.” But it remained unclear what exact conditions met these criteria.

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a new rule stating that even if a person receives a terminal diagnosis for a disease like cancer, HIV/AIDS, or Parkinson’s, that is still not enough for them to be exempt from the work requirements.

Beginning on January 1, 2028, it says they must also demonstrate to states that their condition “significantly impairs” their ability to meet the work requirement.

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[-] turdburglar@piefed.social 125 points 2 months ago

well then mitch mcconnell better get the fuck back to work

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 2 months ago

Oh, no, they don't mean THEM.

[-] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

He is hard a work right now from his hospital resting place, but no you can't have any evidence because it's classified.

[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

And none of this “woke work from home” shit, at his fucking desk!

[-] savvie@lemmy.zip 46 points 2 months ago

because nearly dead patients need to be self- reliant, & use their bootstraps to glorify the great god Orangutan Cheetoh whilst they breathe their final breath, in Jesus Christ’s name, amen!!!

[-] cavitationfetishist01@quokk.au 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well yeah. If they're all used up, and my company can't extract any more value, why are your tax dollars keeping the unmployed alive?

[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 39 points 2 months ago

Does this mean Mitch McConnell isn't exempt from work requirements too?

[-] Town@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

They don't even need to prove he is alive to keep getting paid.

[-] Inucune@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

They're rebuilding him: faster, louder, more right wing. Mecha-Mitch 1700. Runs on orphan blood.

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Don’t be silly.

[-] architect@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 months ago

Ask the fucking governor of his state who is doing jack shit about it.

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 30 points 2 months ago

Remember: the cruelty is the point.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

The cruelty is the point

[-] Sir_Gkar@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Of course. They would much rather see poor people with expensive needs die off. Your life has no value to these fascist ghouls. Not unless they can extract something of value from you.

The whole idea of a work requirement for medicaid is insane. You can't mooch off healthcare to support yourself, it isn't a replacement for income. If anything, this will only cause more people to become unable to work because they lose access to the care that helps keep them in the workforce.

It's completely backwards. They want you to be outraged because some poor person might get government funded healthcare without having a job. The real outrage is that employers can pay workers a low enough wage that they need government assistance to make up the difference.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 11 points 2 months ago

Trump is literally devaluing US American lives in real dollars to then funnel that the money from the citizens into his pocket.

Not a complicated con. But somehow impossible to stop ?

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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago
[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

That's Entertainment!

[-] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry, work where, exactly?

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

What the fuck is judges rational for denying this? I hope fucking judge gets fucking terminal ass cancer and force to work.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

He's MAGA, and he hates American citizens.

[-] Nobody@anarchist.nexus 15 points 2 months ago

Always a pleasure when they add a fuck you to struggling people in the bills cutting taxes for billionaires.

Just in case you didn’t know where you stand in the active class war being waged against you every single day.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

No government benefit work requirements until the Mitch McConnell Equal Work Requirements for Congress bill is passed.

Pass the MMEWRC now!

[-] zane@infosec.pub 9 points 2 months ago

Oh look. Further evidence we're all fucking slaves. Time to eat some fat fucks face off.

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Terminally ill Americans have NO excuse for not committing acts of heroism on a massive scale.

Sometimes I hope hell is a real place.

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[-] obvs@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Can someone please give a second solution to everything that's going on?

Where is the second solution?

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago
[-] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

they people need to be made an example of, put in their own worst hell.

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