Judge invalidates Michigan Medicaid work requirements
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday invalidated Michigan's Medicaid work requirements, weeks after a U.S. appeals court affirmed his decision to strike down similar rules elsewhere.
The short order came from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington. He had earlier invalidated Arkansas' requirement that low-income people work for government-provided health insurance, dealing a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to remake Medicaid.
Four Michigan residents sued the federal government in November, with assistance from advocacy groups.
Barring a court decision, the state on March 10 was preparing to notify more than 80,000 enrollees in Michigan's Medicaid expansion program that they did not comply with reporting requirements for January and would lose their coverage on May 31 if they did not report for February and March. The state had 674,000 expansion participants as of November.
Detroit Mercy Law student awarded A. Vince Colella Civil Rights Scholarship
Detroit Mercy Law student Lina Chaker (left) with attorney A. Vince Colella.
A. Vince Colella had the honor on February 20 of meeting Detroit Mercy Law student Lina Chaker — the first recipient awarded the A. Vince Colella Civil Rights Scholarship. Colella, who is a civil rights and personal injury attorney and co-founder of Southfield-based law firm Moss & Colella, established the annual scholarship in 2019 to help support and encourage Detroit Mercy Law students who demonstrate academic excellence and have a profound interest in joining the fight against social and racial injustice.
Colella received his Juris Doctorate from Detroit Mercy Law in 1993 and is a trailblazer in the new era of civil rights, directing public sector accountability to a new level for the purpose of citizens’ legal protection. Chaker will be graduating from Detroit Mercy Law this spring and heading to Canada to begin her articling, a 10-month apprenticeship required in Canada after law school in addition to the bar exam.
“It has been a sincere privilege to contribute to this exceptional young woman's legal education,” Colella said, “and I wish her future success on her legal endeavors in the civil rights arena.”
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