Skilled Nursing News April 4, 2025
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from cutting more than $11 billion in Covid-era funding, citing disruption of critical services, after 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit this week against the Trump administration.
Beginning on March 24, HHS abruptly terminated – with no advance notice or warning – critical public health funds by issuing notices to state agencies, a court complaint from Tuesday stated. The Trump administration had argued that the funding was no longer needed because the public health emergency (PHE) declaration had expired almost two years ago.
However, the states countered that the funding itself wasn’t set to expire until June 2027, and its sudden cancellation would...
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