CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said Tuesday that CMS will appeal last week’s federal ruling that bars HHS from making Medicaid enrollees prove their condition limits their ability to work before being exempted from work requirements. He said it could go to the Supreme Court. We won round one, and the administration is not letting go.
SSA's backlog of first-time disability claims reached 911,000 on September 30, up from 853,000 in a late June update, according to IBTimes UK. Pending disability hearings rose from about 281,000 to 358,000 in a year. Meanwhile, KFF Health News reports the Education Department's civil rights office lost seven of its 12 regional offices, and a Florida mom was told her son's federal complaint could take more than a year. HHS also finalized a rule saying gender dysphoria not resulting from a physical impairment is not a disability under Section 504 in HHS-funded programs, effective 60 days after Federal Register publication.
Mr. Wheels take: winning in court is not the same as winning. Call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask your senators to protect Medicaid's medically frail exemption and to fund SSA and the Office for Civil Rights. Real voices. Real impact. Real change.