WCBI News
By: Allie Martin
A proposal that would require Medicaid recipients in Mississippi to work is garnering a lot of attention and debate. The message from this group to state officials was clear, the current proposed Medicaid work requirement would impact the state’s poorest residents, with children.
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A briefing was organized by a non profit group called “Catch Kids.” They help provide free medical services for children in Lee County. Citing a study from Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute, opponents of the work requirement for Medicaid recipients say if parents with children don’t work, they could lose Medicaid coverage. And if they work 20 hours a week, at a minimum wage job, they make too much to qualify for Medicaid in Mississippi.
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