A federal judge on Thursday thwarted the Trump administration from enforcing a rule that would impose a strict version of work requirements for Medicaid recipients battling illness.

U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, sided with 25 Democrat-led states in their lawsuit against the Trump administration’s rule that critics say would have resulted in chronically ill people being kicked off their insurance coverage.

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