CNN By: Tami Luhby As many as 4,600 Medicaid recipients in Arkansas have lost their benefits for the rest of this year after failing to meet the state’s new work requirements. … Consumer advocates, however, pointed to the results as proof that work requirements do not help people find jobs. They just add more hurdles […]
Washington Post By: Colby Itkowitz Thousands of low-income people living in Arkansas could today be stripped of their health-care coverage — some without any idea they’re going to lose it. The state is the first in the nation to begin phasing in work requirements for so-called “able-bodied” adults receiving Medicaid, the health program for low-income […]
The Hill By: Nathaniel Weixel The Trump administration is facing a key test with Mississippi’s Medicaid program as the state seeks permission to be the first ever to impose work requirements without expanding Medicaid under ObamaCare. … Mississippi was still waiting to hear from the administration when the state made changes to their request, re-opening […]
Washington Post By: Colby Itkowitz … Medicaid is currently at a crossroads. The Trump administration is pressing forward with efforts to allow states to add work requirements to be eligible for the coverage at the same time as three red states, Nebraska, Utah and Idaho, are giving voters the chance to decide on whether to implement expansion through November […]
CityLab By: Sarah Holder In June, Arkansas began rolling out a controversial change to its Medicaid program. Under a new state plan, all recipients who are able to work will have to log 80 working hours each month, or risk losing access to their health care. But finding a job might not be the biggest hurdle […]
Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson In health policy circles, President Donald Trump can be viewed as the other side of the same coin from his predecessor, Barack Obama. Both have caused seismic shifts in the healthcare landscape but in different ways. … Since Trump took office, work requirements have started to be imposed on some […]
