{
  "id": 687367,
  "title": "‘Way off the reservation’: Brookings researchers slam assumptions in CMS work requirements rule",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/way-off-the-reservation-brookings-researchers-slam-assumptions-in-cms",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T17:29:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Healthcare Dive",
    "slug": "healthcare-dive",
    "url": "https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cms-medicaid-work-requirements-rule-slammed-brookings-analysis/827481/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The rule made it harder for sick Medicaid enrollees to prove they’re exempt from work requirements than many expected. The CMS got sued. And now, the agency is being accused of fudging the data at the center of the rule.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}