Alex Azar’s confusing claim on Medicaid work requirements

Politico

By: Dan Diamond

What advocates counter: There are open questions about the effects of work requirements, with officials yesterday struggling to make the case in court and CMS putting out new guidance on how states should collect information. (More on that below.)

“They have absolutely no idea what happened to the 18,000,” said Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families. “And it’s highly unlikely since the state’s own data shows that less than 1 percent of those impacted are newly reporting work,” Alker added, citing recent analysis.

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