Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar said that the Trump administration will continue to support states’ requests for Medicaid work requirements, regardless of a judicial ruling against such in Kentucky this month.

Although a US District Court judge ruled the administration’s approval of Kentucky’s work-for-Medicaid requirement “arbitrary and capricious,” Azar said the White House’s persistence isn’t a “crazy, unreasonable thing,” The Hill‘s Jessie Hellmann reported.

“We are fully committed to work requirements and community participation requirements in the Medicaid program,” Azar said in his prepared remarks to the Heritage Foundation, a prominent, conservative think tank.

“We will continue to litigate, we will continue to approve plans, we are continuing to work with states, and we’ll drive forward,” he emphasized.

The administration’s pursuit of work-for-Medicaid requirements has been controversial.

Proponents say they are necessary to prevent able-bodied people from benefitting at taxpayers’ expense, while opponents note that such requirements are likely to strip safety-net coverage from employees who work part-time or whose jobs feature irregular, demand-based schedules.

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