Nebraska Supreme Court Invalidates State Rules Linking Medicaid Coverage With Work Requirements

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News On July 23, 2010, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the state’s welfare program, Employment First, could not tie Medicaid eligibility to work requirements. The ruling was in response to Davio v. Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, a class action lawsuit filed by a low-income single mother with a chronic heart condition who lost Medicaid coverage in 2007 after she failed to meet the Employment First work requirements that she spend at least 30 hours per week working or in employment-related activities. The court ruled that . . .