Trump-Backed Work-for-Medicaid Plan Is Rejected on Appeal (2)

The Trump administration’s legal bid to restore a work requirement for Medicaid benefits in Arkansas was rejected on appeal, a blow to the government’s larger effort to reshape U.S. health-care policy.

Friday’s ruling, by a federal appeals court in Washington, upholds a lower-court decision in March that voided the work rules and jeopardizes similar programs approved by the U.S. Health and Human Services Administration in seven other states, likely prompting the government to seek a Supreme Court review.

The initiative, which requires some Medicaid recipients to work, attend school or volunteer in order to maintain coverage, is part of a ...