Medicaid Waivers, Work Requirements, and Administrative Discretion
JURIST Guest Columnist Wendy K. Mariner of Boston University School of Law discusses the Trump Administration's recent issued guidance that will allow states to include employment as a requirement for Medicaid enrollment... On January 11, 2018, the Centers for Medicare...
Medicaid Work Requirements: Are They Illegal and Will They Increase Poverty?
JURIST Guest Columnist Ruqaiijah Yearby of Case Western Reserve University School of Law discusses the legality of a work requirement for Medicaid eligibility and the impact this will have on poverty . . . On November 15, 2017, the...
Trump administration will allow states to impose employment requirement on eligibility for Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday issued guidance that will allow states to require people to work as a condition to receiving Medicaid. CMS reasoned that health care is but...
Federal appeals court rules Florida welfare drug test law unconstitutional
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that a Florida law mandating welfare applicants undergo drug tests before receiving benefits is unconstitutional . The law, which applied to all applicants for...
The Role of Public Policy in the Suspicionless Drug Testing of Welfare Applicants
John McAvoy, Widener University School of Law
Unconstitutional Conditions and Drug Testing Welfare Recipients
Ilan Wurman, Stanford Law School
Federal appeals court upholds order blocking Florida welfare drug testing law
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday ruled that a lower court was correct in blocking a Florida law that had required welfare applicants to pass a...
JURIST Guest Columnist Frank Barile, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the fourth article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Barile explains the...
Federal judge temporarily blocks Florida welfare drug testing law
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Monday temporarily blocked a new Florida law that had required welfare applicants to pass a drug test...
Tarren Bragdon, CEO of the Foundation for Government Accountability, argues that Florida's drug testing policy is an effective policy, can serve as a model for other states and could save hundreds of millions of dollars nationally...While Judge Mary Scriven, a...
