Federal judge blocks Arkansas Medicaid work requirements

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WASHINGTON (AP) –  A federal judge is blocking Medicaid work requirements in two  states, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to push the poor toward self-sufficiency. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued two decisions Wednesday finding Medicaid work requirements for low-income people in Arkansas and Kentucky pose numerous obstacles to getting health care that haven’t been adequately addressed by federal and state officials.

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