(CNN) The Biden administration took steps Friday to reverse one of the most controversial health care moves of President Donald Trump: Allowing states to require Medicaid recipients to work in order to receive coverage. It also comes as the Supreme Court is looking at whether the federal government can allow states to impose work requirements. On Friday afternoon, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services started notifying states that it is determining whether to withdraw the approvals that permit them to require Medicaid recipients to work. It notes that it has preliminarily determined that such a mandate would not promote the objectives of the Medicaid program -- a key factor in the legal case. Uncertainty about the pandemic's aftermath and lingering health consequences further increase the risk and harms of coverage loss.

Source: The Nation February 13, 2021 00:01 UTC