OLYMPIA, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A lawsuit arguing changes made to federal Medicaid work requirements has been filed.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, alongside a coalition of 23 other attorneys general and two governors, filed the lawsuit Monday, June 29.

It comes after an interim final rule regarding Medicaid work requirements was published earlier this month.

New regulations in the final rule added more red tape to the Medicaid system, making it difficult for people to be excused from work requirements. Once in effect, this would constrict Congress’s protections for Medicaid recipients.

The lawsuit challenges these provisions, which are considered unlawful, and aims to ultimately have them struck down.

The 2025 reconciliation law, also called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed last year instilled work requirements to receive care under Medicaid among many other changes to tax code and government-subsidized medical coverage. Those requirements don’t go into effect until 2027.