Biden to Have Tough Time Withdrawing Obamacare, Medicaid Waivers

The Biden administration will have a tricky time walking back Trump-era waivers that let states enact work requirements for Medicaid, switch program funding to a lump sum, and pull out of Obamacare’s federally funded health insurance marketplace.

With litigation over the waivers pending, Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services will have to not only act fast but be strategic in the reasons it gives for rescinding Trump administration approvals. The Republican-led states that sought out these program changes aren’t likely to accept the about-face without a fight. And those legal battles could be harder to win.

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