Federal judge blocks Medicaid work rules in two states

WASHINGTON — A federal judge is blocking Medicaid work requirements in two states, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump administration's efforts to push the poor toward self-sufficiency.U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued two decisions Wednesday finding that Medicaid work requirements for low-income people in Arkansas and Kentucky pose numerous obstacles to getting health care that haven't been adequately addressed by federal and state officials.He sent the federal Health and