Ellison sues Trump administration over new Medicaid work requirements

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from requiring the state to enforce new federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients, arguing the policy is unconstitutional and could strip health coverage from hundreds of thousands of residents.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, alongside the attorneys general of Oregon, New Mexico and Washington, challenges provisions of the federal H.R. 1 legislation, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The law requires states to implement new Medicaid eligibility rules beginning in 2027 or risk losing all federal Medicaid funding.

The attorneys general contend that this financial threat amounts to “unconstitutional coercion” because it forces states to drastically change how they administer Medicaid or face losing billions of d...