Modern Healthcare

By: Virgil Dickson

Indiana has relaxed its proposal to impose a work requirement on Medicaid beneficiaries following public backlash for the new provisions. But policy experts remain concerned that access to care will suffer.

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“Any work requirement is bad policy as it will be counterproductive and administratively costly and doesn’t serve the objectives of the Medicaid program, which is to provide access to health coverage for low income people,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families.

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