Georgia sued the Biden administration Friday over its decision to revoke approval of a work requirement in the state’s plan to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income Georgians, the governor’s office said.
The suit filed in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia, accuses the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of illegally and arbitrarily cherry-picking parts of an “already agreed to bargain,” according to a news release by the office of Gov. Brian Kemp. It seeks a court order reinstating the original plan with the work requirement.
“Simply put, the Biden administration is obstructing our ability to implement innovative healthcare solutions for more than 50,000 hardworking Georgia families rather than rely on a one-size-fits-none broken system,” Kemp, a Republican, said in a statement.
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