SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 29 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND - Co-leading a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit over the Trump Administration's unlawful implementation of new Medicaid work requirements included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Specifically, the lawsuit challenges provisions of an interim final rule published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on June 3, 2026. Medicaid is the nation's safety net healthcare program for low-income Americans and is jointly funded by states and the federal government, with the federal government pro...