Health-Care Worker Vaccine Mandate Challenged by 10 States (1)

Missouri, Nebraska, and eight other states on Wednesday sued to halt the Biden administration’s mandate that health-care workers at facilities paid by Medicaid and Medicare get a Covid-19 vaccine.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, marks the first legal challenge to the Medicare agency’s rule. A separate vaccinate-or-test mandate for employees at larger companies is on hold pending further litigation.

The states are calling into question the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ authority to implement the mandate for health-care workers. They also argue the requirement will exacerbate the current shortage of ...