Arkansas Times
By: Benjamin Hardy
On June 1, with the blessing of the Trump administration, Arkansas became the first state in the 50-year history of the Medicaid program to impose a work requirement on certain beneficiaries.
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Joan Alker, the executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, has been closely tracking the progress of work requirements in Arkansas and elsewhere. “I think the lessons of history are very clear,” she said. “When you have more red tape and paperwork, people lose coverage. When you have more uninsured parents, you’re probably going to see more uninsured children as well.”
“We’re extremely concerned about significant losses of coverage as a result of these new requirements being rolled out in a very rushed manner,” she said.
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