NPR

By: Jacob Kauffman

More than a quarter of the 27,000 Arkansans subject to a new work requirement in order to keep Medicaid coverage did not satisfy the state’s new reporting rules, according to state officials.

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Marquita Little, health policy director for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, says she is concerned that people will lose insurance not because they don’t meet requirements or exemptions, but because she believes the state’s system of verification is flawed. “There’s a portion of people who probably do meet an exemption or meet the work requirement, but they are falling through the cracks because they either aren’t completely aware of the requirement at this point or don’t know how to use and register with this online portal. The figures definitely underscore some of the early concerns that we expressed about the work requirement,” said Little.

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